Adaptation to a Sibling Culture: The Satisfaction and Persistence Intentions of Mainland Chinese Postgraduate Students at a Hong Kong University
This study proposed and tested a model of the adaptation of postgraduate students to a “sibling culture”, namely, Mainland Chinese students at the University of Hong Kong. The model was based on higher education literature combined with acculturation elements for the construct of social integrati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UiTM Publisher
2007-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of University Education |
| Online Access: | https://www.rmc.uitm.edu.my/images/stories/AJUE/vol3-no1/bab%203.pdf |
| Summary: | This study proposed and tested a model of the adaptation of postgraduate students to a
“sibling culture”, namely, Mainland Chinese students at the University of Hong Kong. The
model was based on higher education literature combined with acculturation elements for the
construct of social integration. Students’ satisfaction with their experience in this cultural
setting and the likelihood of their persistence were used as the indicators of their adaptation in
a model linking various background variables such as academic and social integration to
adaptation. The participants were 103 current research students. Analysis showed that
academic integration was more strongly related than social integration to their satisfaction
and likely persistence in post-graduate study at this university. Among the background
variables measured, motivation and Cantonese but not English language skills showed a
significant relationship with postgraduate students’ academic and social integration.
Implications for research on and assistance to mainland postgraduate students in Hong Kong
are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1823-7797 1823-7797 |