Cross Cultural Adaptation Among Indonesian Students Studying in University Utara Malaysia

Cross Cultural Adaptation Among Indonesian Students Studying in University Utara Malaysia

International students have diverse needs when undertaking education in foreign countires. It is in the interest of both international students and the host institution to ensure these students achieve success in their studies. A quantitative methodology, using principles of uncertainty reduction th...

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Main Author: Agnita Yolanda, Adi
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Published: 2010
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Cross Cultural Adaptation Among Indonesian Students Studying in University Utara Malaysia
description International students have diverse needs when undertaking education in foreign countires. It is in the interest of both international students and the host institution to ensure these students achieve success in their studies. A quantitative methodology, using principles of uncertainty reduction theory was used for the study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems of Indonesian students during process of adaptation in Univeraiti Utara Malaysia. During the process of adaptation, found that Indonesian students faced with various problems such as in academic, social, and personal lifes that may affected to their academic performance. Information was gathered by self-report survey questionnaire. A modified version of Cross Cultural Adaptation Scale (Kuo & Roysicar, 2006) and (Shenay, 2000) were used. The sample consisted of 108 undergraduate Indonesian students in College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The most important result showed that problems in academic, social, and personal lifes were related to a common of experience difficulties and a lower level of Indonesian students to enrich their academic successfull.
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title_short Cross Cultural Adaptation Among Indonesian Students Studying in University Utara Malaysia
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spelling my-uum-etd.37002022-04-21T06:33:18Z Cross Cultural Adaptation Among Indonesian Students Studying in University Utara Malaysia 2010 Agnita Yolanda, Adi Mustafa, Che Su College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) College of Arts and Sciences GN Anthropology International students have diverse needs when undertaking education in foreign countires. It is in the interest of both international students and the host institution to ensure these students achieve success in their studies. A quantitative methodology, using principles of uncertainty reduction theory was used for the study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems of Indonesian students during process of adaptation in Univeraiti Utara Malaysia. During the process of adaptation, found that Indonesian students faced with various problems such as in academic, social, and personal lifes that may affected to their academic performance. Information was gathered by self-report survey questionnaire. 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