One Size Does Not Fit All: Multi-Group Analysis of International Students' Cross-Cultural Adaptation Using MICOM

Autor/inn/en	Shafaei, Azadeh; Nejati, Mehran; Abd Razak, Nordin
Titel	One Size Does Not Fit All: Multi-Group Analysis of International Students' Cross-Cultural Adaptation Using MICOM
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 42 (2019) 5, S.536-552 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shafaei, Azadeh) ORCID (Nejati, Mehran)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-727X
DOI	10.1080/1743727X.2018.1496413
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; State Universities; Foreign Countries; Student Adjustment; Doctoral Programs; Student Attitudes; Attachment Behavior; Structural Equation Models; Error of Measurement; Masters Programs; Student Characteristics; Graduate Students; Acculturation; Student Mobility; Study Abroad; International Education; Measures (Individuals); Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatliche Universität; Ausland; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Doktorandenprogramm; Schülerverhalten; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Messfehler; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Akkulturation; Mobility; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Internationale Erziehung; Messdaten
Abstract	This study was carried out to investigate the discrepancies that international students' geographical region could create on the relationships of adjustment attitude, attachment attitude, and intention after graduation with psychological and sociocultural adaptations. As such, multi-group analysis was performed using partial least squares structural equation modelling to explore whether international students' geographical place of origin (i.e. Asia, Middle East, and Africa) could play an important role in creating differences among the three groups of international students. To ensure that the measurement operations yield measures of the same attribute across the three groups of respondents, a new approach for establishing measurement invariance in composite models was applied in SmartPLS. The data were randomly collected from 1186 international students enrolled in a Master or Doctoral programme in top six public universities in Malaysia. Findings confirmed the existence of full measurement invariance across the three models in this study. The results also revealed that there are some similarities and differences among the Asian, Middle Eastern, and African models providing further understanding on each group's cross-cultural adaptation. Practical and empirical implications of the study are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01