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Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital

In this self-administered questionnaire survey the author determines the level of race-related diversity experiences and tests the hypotheses that there is a significant difference in the level of intercultural sensitivity and level of interracial bridging social capital across the different levels...

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Main Author: Tamam, Ezhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48101/1/48101.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48101/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812015029
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spelling my.upm.eprints.481012016-08-04T08:48:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48101/ Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital Tamam, Ezhar In this self-administered questionnaire survey the author determines the level of race-related diversity experiences and tests the hypotheses that there is a significant difference in the level of intercultural sensitivity and level of interracial bridging social capital across the different levels of race-related diversity experiences among undergraduates. The responses of 430 randomly selected students from three Malaysian race groups were analyzed. The results reveal a significant differential level of race-related diversity experiences across racial groups under study and support the hypothesized significant main effects for race-related diversity experiences on intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital among the students in all the three racial groups. A policy of race-related diversity engagement and inclusion should be firmly institutionalized at all levels of student activities to enhance intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital among the students. Elsevier 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48101/1/48101.pdf Tamam, Ezhar (2012) Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46. pp. 1756-1760. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812015029 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.373
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description In this self-administered questionnaire survey the author determines the level of race-related diversity experiences and tests the hypotheses that there is a significant difference in the level of intercultural sensitivity and level of interracial bridging social capital across the different levels of race-related diversity experiences among undergraduates. The responses of 430 randomly selected students from three Malaysian race groups were analyzed. The results reveal a significant differential level of race-related diversity experiences across racial groups under study and support the hypothesized significant main effects for race-related diversity experiences on intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital among the students in all the three racial groups. A policy of race-related diversity engagement and inclusion should be firmly institutionalized at all levels of student activities to enhance intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital among the students.
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title Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital
title_short Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital
title_full Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital
title_fullStr Race-related diversity experiences in lifelong learning: impacts on undergraduates' intercultural sensitivity and interracial bridging social capital
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48101/1/48101.pdf
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