Transformation abroad: Sojourning and the perceived enhancement of self-efficacy
By T. Milstein. 2005
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Abstract This paper empirically examines communication self-efficacy as a possible profound payoff of sojourning. A review of relevant literature explores the interrelationships of communication, sojourning, and personal growth. Questionnaire data from an international sample of 212 Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) alumni are used to test hypotheses about the sojourn and perceived changes in communication self-efficacy. Data analysis revealed that 95.5% of the sample retrospectively reported a perceived increase in self-efficacy. In addition, positive correlations were found between self-reported challenge of sojourn and reported perceived change in self-efficacy, and between self-reported success of sojourn and perceived communication self-efficacy scores. Discussion addresses these findings as well as study limitations, possible future research directions, and implications for practice.
Subfields: Communication, Education, Political Science and International Relations
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- Short term, big impact? Changes in self-efficacy and cultural intelligence, and the adjustment of multicultural and monocultural students abroad (2018, background): “One reason why students who study abroad receive more job offers (Maddux, Bivolaru, Hafenbrack, Tadmor, & Galinsky, 2014) may be because studying abroad is associated with greater empathy, patience, selfconfidence, and other positive personal characteristics, including self-efficacy (Milstein, 2005;”
- Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention: the Turkish case (2010, background): “From this point, self-efficacy belief is a means to understand why individuals having similar knowledge and competency act differently ( Milstein 2005 ).”
- Reentry Issues Upon Returning From Study Abroad Programs (2011, background): “, Hadis, 2005) such as increased self-efficacy and selfconfidence (Milstein, 2005), personal growth (Ryan & Twibell, 2000), personality (Eby, 2005), appreciation and respect for cultural differences (Anderson, Lawton, Rexeisen, & Hubbard, 2006; Pence & Macgillivray, 2008), and second language master”
- Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Role of Prior Learning Experiences and Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Competencies* (2018, background): “Thus, international experiences create a dis-equilibration and re-equilibration process that is instrumental to personal growth (Milstein 2005).”