Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2019)

What Attracts Me to Stay? A Qualitative Study on the Destination City Choice of the College Graduates

Authors
Wenshi Li, Yan Xiang, Jinjin Chen
Corresponding Author
Wenshi Li
Available Online May 2019.
DOI
10.2991/ichssr-19.2019.135How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Destination city, Climatic amenities, Social amenities, College graduates, Qualitative study, Quanzhou city.
Abstract

Retaining university students after their graduation is one of the goals pursued by many cities. Understanding the college graduates’ willing to stay is of great benefit to the task improvement. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 9 college graduates who stayed in Quanzhou city where their universities is located, this paper considers the choice of stay or not is the result of the comprehensive effect of multiple driving forces. It inclueds right position, climatic amenities, social amenities, and pace of life. Most choose to stay, while a small number are looking for a chance to leave. Based on the empirical results of this paper, some policy recommendations are suggested, such as internship opportunities offering, entrepreneurs funds supporting, and good social security services providing.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2019
ISBN
10.2991/ichssr-19.2019.135
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ichssr-19.2019.135How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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