Intercultural Sensitivity and Cross-cultural Adjustment among Malaysian Students Abroad

Authors

  • A.S. Awang-Rozaimie Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Malaysia
  • A.T. Amelia Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Malaysia
  • J. Aiza Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Malaysia
  • S. Siti-Huzaimah Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Malaysia
  • S. Adib Faculty of Computer Science & Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Malaysia

Abstract

Effective socio-cultural integration has formed Malaysia into a nation with harmonious ethnic diversification and living. Cultural understanding is a foundation to sustain a respectful interethnic relationship among multi-ethnic populations in this country. However, Malaysian may experience cross-cultural difficulties when facing a monoculture or unusual cultural environment overseas. Thus, main purpose of the present study is to examine the extent of intercultural sensitivity support the effectiveness of cross-cultural adjustments among Malaysian students while studying and living abroad. Key finding found in the present study shows the magnitude of intercultural sensitivity is moderately facilitate cross-cultural adjustment among Malaysian students abroad. The implications towards the effectiveness of intercultural relations are also highlighted and discussed.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p693

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2013-09-30

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 7 (2013): Special Issue - October 2013

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Intercultural Sensitivity and Cross-cultural Adjustment among Malaysian Students Abroad. (2013). Journal of Educational and Social Research, 3(7), 693. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/jesr/article/view/1025