The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives

Daily interpersonal communication among students of different cultures and countries, and their personal and academic lives at the collegiate environments are among the important educational issues to be evaluated. Thus, this study aimed to assess the effects of daily interpersonal communication bet...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Qahar, Sarwari, Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim, Nor Ashikin, Abdul Aziz
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	IOSR-JHSS 2014
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7393/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7393/1/The_Process_of_Interactions_among_Students_of_Different_Cultures_and_Nationalities_at_a_Malaysian_Public_University_and_Its_Effects_on_Their_Academic_and_Personal_Lives.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7393/4/The%20Process%20of%20Interactions%20among%20Students%20of%20Different%20Cultures%20and%20Nationalities%20at%20a%20Malaysian%20Public%20University%20and%20Its%20Effects%20on%20Their%20Academic%20and%20Personal%20Lives.pdf

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spelling	ump-73932018-02-12T03:22:31Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7393/ The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives Abdul Qahar, Sarwari Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim Nor Ashikin, Abdul Aziz Q Science (General) Daily interpersonal communication among students of different cultures and countries, and their personal and academic lives at the collegiate environments are among the important educational issues to be evaluated. Thus, this study aimed to assess the effects of daily interpersonal communication between local and international students of a Malaysian public university, University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) on their personal and academic lives. Findings of this research project may help the related policymakers and working-bodies at universities to improve communication and academic skills of students by increase of daily interaction opportunities among them. The quantitative survey with its 220 participants from both local and international students of UMP was applied as the main method of this study, and also qualitative interviews were conducted to enrich the data. According to the findings of this study, interactions between Malaysian and international students of UMP had positive effects on their personal and academic lives, and paved the ways for them to learn some essential communication skills, and also helped them to be happy, and have enough collaborative activities at the university campus. However, further studies may deepen the information on the related issues. IOSR-JHSS 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7393/1/The_Process_of_Interactions_among_Students_of_Different_Cultures_and_Nationalities_at_a_Malaysian_Public_University_and_Its_Effects_on_Their_Academic_and_Personal_Lives.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7393/4/The%20Process%20of%20Interactions%20among%20Students%20of%20Different%20Cultures%20and%20Nationalities%20at%20a%20Malaysian%20Public%20University%20and%20Its%20Effects%20on%20Their%20Academic%20and%20Personal%20Lives.pdf Abdul Qahar, Sarwari and Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim and Nor Ashikin, Abdul Aziz (2014) The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 19 (5). pp. 122-126. ISSN 2279-0845 (print), 2279-0837 (online)
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) Abdul Qahar, Sarwari Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim Nor Ashikin, Abdul Aziz The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives
description	Daily interpersonal communication among students of different cultures and countries, and their personal and academic lives at the collegiate environments are among the important educational issues to be evaluated. Thus, this study aimed to assess the effects of daily interpersonal communication between local and international students of a Malaysian public university, University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) on their personal and academic lives. Findings of this research project may help the related policymakers and working-bodies at universities to improve communication and academic skills of students by increase of daily interaction opportunities among them. The quantitative survey with its 220 participants from both local and international students of UMP was applied as the main method of this study, and also qualitative interviews were conducted to enrich the data. According to the findings of this study, interactions between Malaysian and international students of UMP had positive effects on their personal and academic lives, and paved the ways for them to learn some essential communication skills, and also helped them to be happy, and have enough collaborative activities at the university campus. However, further studies may deepen the information on the related issues.
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author	Abdul Qahar, Sarwari Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim Nor Ashikin, Abdul Aziz
author_facet	Abdul Qahar, Sarwari Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim Nor Ashikin, Abdul Aziz
author_sort	Abdul Qahar, Sarwari
title	The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives
title_short	The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives
title_full	The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives
title_fullStr	The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives
title_full_unstemmed	The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives
title_sort	process of interactions among students of different cultures and nationalities at a malaysian public university and its effects on their academic and personal lives
publisher	IOSR-JHSS
publishDate	2014
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The Process of Interactions among Students of Different Cultures and Nationalities at a Malaysian Public University and Its Effects on Their Academic and Personal Lives

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