International students’ acculturation: Effects of international, conational, and local ties and need for closure

By E. Kashima, Evelyn Loh. 2006

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Uneven Experiences: The Impact of Student-Faculty Interactions on International Students' Sense of Belonging. (2015, background): “…co-nationals, and host students in predicting persistence and a stronger sense of connection is well-established (Hendrickson et al., 2011; Kashima & Loh, 2006; Sawir et al., 2007); this study suggests that positive interactions with professors, characterized by affective concern, also…”
Antecedents and Consequences of Social Network Characteristics for Expatriate Adjustment and Performance in Overseas Assignments: Implications for HRD (2008, background): “Ward and Kennedy (1993) as well as Ward, Bochner, and Furnham (2001) found a positive effect of frequency of contact with HCNs on adjustment for exchange students whereas Kashima and Loh (2006) found no such effect.”
Understanding friendship and learning networks of international and host students using longitudinal Social Network Analysis (2014, background): “This is supported by Kashima and Loh (2006) study of one hundred Asian international students’ acculturation to Australia, which also found that time spent in the host culture and the more interaction students had with host- nationals (local ties) contributed positively towards psychological…”
Positive Aspects of International Student Transitions: A Qualitative Inquiry (2011, background): “Although some authors (Pedersen, 1991; Yang & Clum, 1995) have noted the importance of support from co-nationals, the bond with international students from other cultures has been noted by fewer researchers (Arthur, 2001; Kashima & Loh, 2006; Schmitt, Spears, & Branscombe, 2003).”
Educational Experiences Associated With International Students’ Learning, Development, and Positive Perceptions of Campus Climate (2012, background): “The findings of the current study support research that links international student adjustment with social interaction with students from other cultures (Kashima & Loh, 2006).”
Multicultural Experience, Idea Receptiveness, and Creativity (2010, background): “High (vs. low) NFCC immigrants or sojourners adhere more strongly to their heritage culture and are more unsettled in the host culture, particularly when they move to the host culture with their co-nationals (Kashima & Loh, 2006; Kosic, Kruglanski, Pierro, & Mannetti, 2004).”
Cultural Transitions in Higher Education: Individual Adaptation, Transformation and Engagement (2012, background): “Such influences, however, are not neutral and as highlighted by Kim (2011) and Jon (2012) involve critical power relations and differentials among students, based on knowledge and language.”
Stressors, anxiety, acculturation and adjustment among international and North American students (2008, background): “It is important that any such program also include a means of individual and not only group assessment as acculturation and adaptation processes vary within as well as between groups (Kirmayer et al., 2001).”
Success factors for international postgraduate students' adjustment: exploring the roles of intercultural competence, language proficiency, social contact and social support (2013, background): “For example, Kashima and Loh (2006) found indications that the more international ties Asian students in Australia had, the better adjusted they were psychologically.”
Host Students' Perspectives of Intercultural Contact in an Irish University (2009, background): “Indeed, contact with host students is commonly argued to benefit international students’ academic performance and sociocultural adaptation (Kashima & Loh, 2006; Kudo, 2000; Mehdizadeh & Scott, 2005; Sawir, Marginson, Deumert, Nyland, & Ramia, 2008).”
A review of the acculturation experiences of international students (2011, background): “Kashima and Loh (2006) found that Asian international students n an Australian university who had more ties with fellow international students in their host country were better adjusted sychologically, and also had greater identification with their own culture and their university.”
Home Away from Home: International Students and Their Identity-Based Social Networks in Australia. (2014, background): “Emerging studies (e.g. Sawir, 2008; Kashima & Loh 2006) have shown that international students in Australia create social identities and networks that are tied to the adopted nation while studying.”
Acculturation Strategies and Integrative Complexity (2009, background): “Some researchers have endorsed the dispositional perspective (e.g., Kashima & Loh, 2006; Kosic, Kruglanski, Pierro, & Mannetti, 2004).”
Promoting Intercultural Contact on Campus (2012, background): “The low level of contact is despite international students’ desire to establish relationships with domestic students (e.g., Brebner, 2008; Kashima & Loh, 2006; Sakurai et al., 2010; Ward & Masgoret, 2004; Westwood & Barker, 1990; Zhang & Brunton, 2007).”