The Influence of Perceived Stress and Culture Shock Among International Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement in Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study was to determine the influence of student background, perceived stress and culture shock to the academic achievement of postgraduate international students in UUM Kedah, Malaysia. The specific aim is to identify and look at the relationship and influence of international postgraduate stud...

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Main Author:	Puspitasari, Ayu Widiati
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2011
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2640/1/Ayu_Widiati_Puspitasari.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2640/2/1.Ayu_Widiati_Puspitasari.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.26402016-04-19T07:56:54Z The Influence of Perceived Stress and Culture Shock Among International Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement in Universiti Utara Malaysia 2011 Puspitasari, Ayu Widiati Ahmad, Fais College of Business (COB) College of Business LB Theory and practice of education This study was to determine the influence of student background, perceived stress and culture shock to the academic achievement of postgraduate international students in UUM Kedah, Malaysia. The specific aim is to identify and look at the relationship and influence of international postgraduate students perceived for stress and culture shock with their academic achievements. Collected through questionnaire surveys postgraduate students in UUM Kedah, Malaysia at the School of Business (College of Business) (n = 139). Questionnaire is needed to find data information about demographic backgrounds of respondents and factors stress that their perceived and culture shock. The data are then analyzed using SPSS version 14.0. The findings show that there are correlation between perceived stress and culture shock on academic achievement, but there is no influence between culture shock and academic achievement, only perceived stress that affect the academic achievement. Therefore, the results can be input for the university to give more attention to postgraduate international students with academic stress experienced by them. In addition, there are suggestions and recommendations are discussed for future research. 2011 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2640/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2640/1/Ayu_Widiati_Puspitasari.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/2640/2/1.Ayu_Widiati_Puspitasari.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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description	This study was to determine the influence of student background, perceived stress and culture shock to the academic achievement of postgraduate international students in UUM Kedah, Malaysia. The specific aim is to identify and look at the relationship and influence of international postgraduate students perceived for stress and culture shock with their academic achievements. Collected through questionnaire surveys postgraduate students in UUM Kedah, Malaysia at the School of Business (College of Business) (n = 139). Questionnaire is needed to find data information about demographic backgrounds of respondents and factors stress that their perceived and culture shock. The data are then analyzed using SPSS version 14.0. The findings show that there are correlation between perceived stress and culture shock on academic achievement, but there is no influence between culture shock and academic achievement, only perceived stress that affect the academic achievement. Therefore, the results can be input for the university to give more attention to postgraduate international students with academic stress experienced by them. In addition, there are suggestions and recommendations are discussed for future research.
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title	The Influence of Perceived Stress and Culture Shock Among International Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement in Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_short	The Influence of Perceived Stress and Culture Shock Among International Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement in Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full	The Influence of Perceived Stress and Culture Shock Among International Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement in Universiti Utara Malaysia
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The Influence of Perceived Stress and Culture Shock Among International Postgraduate Students' Academic Achievement in Universiti Utara Malaysia

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