Analysis of the motivation of college students’ participation in governance: Endogenous demands and exogenous promotions

• Published in: SHS Web of Conferences Vol. 181; p. 1048
• Main Authors: Liu, Mengqi, Liu, Guoan, Wang, Zumeng
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2024
• Subjects: College students; Colleges & universities; Responsible persons; Student participation
• ISSN: 2261-2424; 2416-5182; 2261-2424
• DOI: 10.1051/shsconf/202418101048

The participation of university students in school governance is an inevitable requirement for building a modern higher education community. As participants in this community, students undoubtedly play an important role in governance, whether they are “producers and consumers” in the economic sense, “rights holders and obligation implementers” in the legal sense, or “responsible persons” in organizational behavior. To study the mechanism of student participation in university governance, it is necessary to first explore the motives behind student participation in university governance, delve into its logical starting point, and thus construct a mechanism system. The participation of college students in university governance has both internal and external driving factors. Constructing a motivation mechanism for student participation in university governance, consisting of subjective attitude, participation needs, self-efficacy, participation system, democratic communication, and information feedback, helps to comprehensively understand the internal correlation of the motivation factors for student participation in university governance, and provides useful theoretical support or reference basis for strengthening university governance.