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Rawan Alzukari; Tianlan Wei – Journal of International Students, 2024
This meta-analysis examines gender differences in acculturative stress among international students. Despite numerous studies on cultural adjustment, inconsistencies persist regarding gender differences in acculturative stress. This study synthesizes findings from 12 empirical studies. Comprehensive searches across databases, including…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Foreign Students, Stress Variables, Student Characteristics
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Ghasemy, Majid; Muhammad, Farhah; Jamali, Jamshid; Roldán, José Luis – SAGE Open, 2021
Guided by affective events theory (AET), our inquiry aims at examining the relationships among affective work events, affective states, affect-driven behaviors, and attitudes of international faculty working in the Malaysian institutions of higher learning. Specifically, the impacts of interpersonal conflict, as a work event, on international…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, College Faculty, Foreign Workers
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Shafaei, Azadeh; Abd Razak, Nordin; Nejati, Mehran – Journal of Research in International Education, 2016
Based on Berry's seminal work on the acculturation process, this study examines the pattern of acculturation attitude among international postgraduate students in Malaysia, an emerging education hub in Asia. It also investigates the influence of several demographic factors (gender, geographical region, marital status, and education level) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Acculturation, Student Attitudes
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Islam, Md. Aminul; Rahim, Noor Asliza Abdul; Liang, Tan Chee; Momtaz, Hasina – International Education Studies, 2011
This research attempted to find out the effect of demographic factors on the effectiveness of the e-learning system in a higher learning Institution. The students from this institution were randomly selected in order to evaluate the effectiveness of learning system in student's learning process. The primary data source is the questionnaires that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Yahaya, Nurizan; Abdullah, Siti Suhailah; Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi; Hamid, Tengku Aizan – Educational Gerontology, 2010
According to the 2000 census report, about 7% of the 1.4 million people 60 years and over in Malaysia live alone. This study investigated socioeconomic factors affecting the quality of life of this vulnerable population. Data from a subsample of the study on Mental Health and Quality of Life of Older Malaysians were used in this paper. About 10%…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Older Adults