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Assessing cross-cultural adaptation of international students in IIUM

In today’s world, many international students from other countries arriving at the host nation are exposed to a wide range of local cultures and values. Malaysia, being a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural country, is put in a unique position that attracts many international students...

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Main Authors: Radwan Jamal, Hassan, Wok, Saodah
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Language:English
Published: Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd 2020
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H61.8 Communication of information
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spelling my.iium.irep.864082020-12-18T03:55:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/86408/ Assessing cross-cultural adaptation of international students in IIUM Radwan Jamal, Hassan Wok, Saodah H61.8 Communication of information In today’s world, many international students from other countries arriving at the host nation are exposed to a wide range of local cultures and values. Malaysia, being a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural country, is put in a unique position that attracts many international students and foreigners alike. Regardless, many international students experience a clash of cultures between their own and the host’s culture, which if not dealt with could have detrimental effects on areas such as studies, social-circles, and self-esteem. Therefore, this study explored the challenges that both undergraduate and postgraduate international students of IIUM encounter when arriving in Malaysia. This study employed a quantitative research design, using the survey method with a questionnaire as the research instrument for data collection. In this study, students aged 21 years old and above were surveyed. This study was based on the theory of cross-cultural adaptation, using the U-curve model that displays each stage of adaptation every student goes through. The findings demonstrated that the cultural stage of adaptation had a positive relationship with the cultural stage of euphoria, the cultural stage of culture shock, and the cultural stage of adjustment. Based on the theory of cross-cultural adaptation as a guide, all the hypotheses were supported in which all relationships were found to be positive and significant. Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd 2020-12-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/86408/1/86408_Assessing%20cross-cultural%20adaptation%20of%20international%20students.pdf Radwan Jamal, Hassan and Wok, Saodah (2020) Assessing cross-cultural adaptation of international students in IIUM. International Journal of Modern Trends in Social Sciences, 3 (14). pp. 47-63. E-ISSN 2600-8777 http://www.ijmtss.com/PDF/IJMTSS-2020-14-12-04.pdf 10 35631/IJMSS.314004
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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Radwan Jamal, Hassan
Wok, Saodah
Assessing cross-cultural adaptation of international students in IIUM
description In today’s world, many international students from other countries arriving at the host nation are exposed to a wide range of local cultures and values. Malaysia, being a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural country, is put in a unique position that attracts many international students and foreigners alike. Regardless, many international students experience a clash of cultures between their own and the host’s culture, which if not dealt with could have detrimental effects on areas such as studies, social-circles, and self-esteem. Therefore, this study explored the challenges that both undergraduate and postgraduate international students of IIUM encounter when arriving in Malaysia. This study employed a quantitative research design, using the survey method with a questionnaire as the research instrument for data collection. In this study, students aged 21 years old and above were surveyed. This study was based on the theory of cross-cultural adaptation, using the U-curve model that displays each stage of adaptation every student goes through. The findings demonstrated that the cultural stage of adaptation had a positive relationship with the cultural stage of euphoria, the cultural stage of culture shock, and the cultural stage of adjustment. Based on the theory of cross-cultural adaptation as a guide, all the hypotheses were supported in which all relationships were found to be positive and significant.
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title Assessing cross-cultural adaptation of international students in IIUM
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publisher Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd
publishDate 2020
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/86408/1/86408_Assessing%20cross-cultural%20adaptation%20of%20international%20students.pdf
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