Psychological and sociocultural adaptations of International Students in Malaysian Public Universities.

This study developed and empirically tested a conceptual model capturing the factors impacting students' cross-cultural adaptation and the outcomes resulting from such adaption. Data were obtained from a sample of international postgraduate students from six Malaysian public universities using...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Nordin
Format: Monograph
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/36886/
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Summary:This study developed and empirically tested a conceptual model capturing the factors impacting students' cross-cultural adaptation and the outcomes resulting from such adaption. Data were obtained from a sample of international postgraduate students from six Malaysian public universities using a structured questionnaire. Structural equation modelling using SmartPLS was utilised to analyse the data. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji dan menguji secara empirikal model konseptual yang dibanugunkan neksus atau hubungan antara varia bel anteseden - adaptasi merentas budaya - hasilan daripada adaptasi ini dalam kalangan pelajar pasca siswazah antarabangsa yang menyambung pengajian di universiti awam di Malaysia. Data diperoleh daripada 1186 orang pelajar pasca-siswazah antarabangsa yang dipilih secara rawak daripada en am buah universiti awam yang diiktiraf sebagai universiti penyelidikan menggunakan soal selidik yang ditadbir secara atas talian. teknik Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) juga telah dijalankan menggunakan perisian SMARTPLS versi 3.0 untuk menguji model yang dicadangkan.