Abstract
The cosmopolitan-local distinction has traditionally been applied to the differing role orientations of salaried professionals confronted with the dilemmas of organizational employment In order to assess the possible existence of such orientations prior to organizational employment, the pres ent study examined data collected from a sample of undergraduate college students majoring in chemistry and business. Analysis of these data indicated chemistry majors to be significantly more cosmopolitan than business majors ; and, business majors to be significantly more local than chemistry majors. Furthermore, using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, analysis devoted to specifying when such anticipatory socialization is most apt to take place revealed both cosmopolitanism and localism to peak in one's junior year, the latter in a statistically significant manner
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