Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications

In the Educational Development Plan 2001 to 2010, the Ministry of Education Malaysia set the ambitious goal of attracting 100,000 international students by 2010 as one of the milestones of turning Malaysia into a center of excellence in higher education. By the end of 2011, Malaysia had indeed manag...

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Main Author:	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	BF636 Applied psychology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28588/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28588/1/Predictors_of_Cultural_Adjustment__among_International_Students_in_Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-285882013-06-04T09:06:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28588/ Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah BF636 Applied psychology In the Educational Development Plan 2001 to 2010, the Ministry of Education Malaysia set the ambitious goal of attracting 100,000 international students by 2010 as one of the milestones of turning Malaysia into a center of excellence in higher education. By the end of 2011, Malaysia had indeed managed to attract almost 100,000 foreign students from more than 100 countries. It is time now to move beyond the numbers and consider the quality of the students and the quality of their experiences in Malaysia. The present study focused on the cultural adjustment of foreign students in Malaysia: what challenges they face in adjusting to the host culture? What factors have helped them to cope with those challenges? What implications does this have on the provision of guidance and counseling services in Malaysian universities and colleges? The study draws upon the model of cultural adjustment proposed by Ward, Furnham, and Bochner (2001). 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nd http://irep.iium.edu.my/28588/1/Predictors_of_Cultural_Adjustment__among_International_Students_in_Malaysia.pdf Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah (2012) Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications. In: 2nd malindo International Counseling Conference, 13-15th November 2012, Rocky Plaza Hotel, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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description	In the Educational Development Plan 2001 to 2010, the Ministry of Education Malaysia set the ambitious goal of attracting 100,000 international students by 2010 as one of the milestones of turning Malaysia into a center of excellence in higher education. By the end of 2011, Malaysia had indeed managed to attract almost 100,000 foreign students from more than 100 countries. It is time now to move beyond the numbers and consider the quality of the students and the quality of their experiences in Malaysia. The present study focused on the cultural adjustment of foreign students in Malaysia: what challenges they face in adjusting to the host culture? What factors have helped them to cope with those challenges? What implications does this have on the provision of guidance and counseling services in Malaysian universities and colleges? The study draws upon the model of cultural adjustment proposed by Ward, Furnham, and Bochner (2001).
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah
author_facet	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah
author_sort	Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah
title	Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications
title_short	Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications
title_full	Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications
title_fullStr	Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications
title_full_unstemmed	Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications
title_sort	predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in malaysia: counseling implications
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28588/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28588/1/Predictors_of_Cultural_Adjustment__among_International_Students_in_Malaysia.pdf
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Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications

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