Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail

The intensifying mobility of international students and competition among private higher education institutions has augmented the need for understanding these students choice process. Information search as an initial stage of the choice process has been the topic of much research. A more challenging...

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Main Author:	Ismail, Nurlida
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Published:	Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2013
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spelling	uitm-190692018-06-08T03:00:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19069/ Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail Ismail, Nurlida Dissertations, Academic. Preparation of theses The intensifying mobility of international students and competition among private higher education institutions has augmented the need for understanding these students choice process. Information search as an initial stage of the choice process has been the topic of much research. A more challenging area of study is the relationship between international students” information search and satisfaction on a private higher education institution. However, literature has revealed that the study on this relationship, specifically in the Malaysian scenario, has been very scarce. Hence, this study aims to address this knowledge gap and attempts to extend previous study on information search by integrating satisfaction constructs into the framework. Data collection commenced for 2009 to 2010 and there were 187 private education institutions enrolling international students. Of that, only 32 institutions responded and participated in the study. A proportionate sampling was employed whereby international students were divided according to the population and the status of the institutions. Structured questionnaire was used and two pilot studies were administered to refine the items in the scales using SPSS version 17. For the final study, to ensure a more rigorous analysis, structural equation modeling using AMOS 18 was employed to empirically test the effects of the respective predictors on latent variables. Results indicated that out of the nine hypotheses formulated, seven hypotheses were supported at five percent significant level. A significant finding is that information characteristics (institution attributes and information accessibility) were the most important predictors of information search and information satisfaction… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2013 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19069/1/ABS_NURLIDA%20ISMAIL%20TDRA%20VOL%203%20IGS%2013.pdf Ismail, Nurlida (2013) Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IPSis Biannual Publication, 3 (3). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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description	The intensifying mobility of international students and competition among private higher education institutions has augmented the need for understanding these students choice process. Information search as an initial stage of the choice process has been the topic of much research. A more challenging area of study is the relationship between international students” information search and satisfaction on a private higher education institution. However, literature has revealed that the study on this relationship, specifically in the Malaysian scenario, has been very scarce. Hence, this study aims to address this knowledge gap and attempts to extend previous study on information search by integrating satisfaction constructs into the framework. Data collection commenced for 2009 to 2010 and there were 187 private education institutions enrolling international students. Of that, only 32 institutions responded and participated in the study. A proportionate sampling was employed whereby international students were divided according to the population and the status of the institutions. Structured questionnaire was used and two pilot studies were administered to refine the items in the scales using SPSS version 17. For the final study, to ensure a more rigorous analysis, structural equation modeling using AMOS 18 was employed to empirically test the effects of the respective predictors on latent variables. Results indicated that out of the nine hypotheses formulated, seven hypotheses were supported at five percent significant level. A significant finding is that information characteristics (institution attributes and information accessibility) were the most important predictors of information search and information satisfaction…
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title	Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail
title_short	Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail
title_full	Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail
title_fullStr	Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail
title_full_unstemmed	Characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in Malaysia. / Nurlida Ismail
title_sort	characteristics influencing international students’ information search and satisfaction on private higher education institution in malaysia. / nurlida ismail
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