INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CROSS-CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT: DETERMINING PREDICTORS OF CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

A Cross-Cultural Study of Predictors 1 Running head: CROSS-CULTURAL PREDICTORS OF SELF-HANDICAPPING A Cross-Cultural Study of Predictors of Self-handicapping in University Students

The possible selves of international students and their cross-cultural adjustment in Canada.

We assessed 93 international students' reports of their expected and feared possible selves in terms of their thematic content and configuration, and examined the relations between possible selves and cultural adjustment in Canada. The results showed that international students mostly envisioned possible selves in career, education, intrapersonal, and interpersonal domains, and reported more ba...

The Role of Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence on Individual-Social Adjustment in Young Students

Students, when entering the community of university, are faced with changes which might affect their individual-social adjustment. Individual-social adjustment will be proved by person's interaction with the environment skills and its result is that person enjoys of social interaction, positive feelings about themselves and others and leave a positive impact on others. The present study was to ...

Social network sites and international students' cross-cultural adaptation

Prior research demonstrates the great potential of social network sites (SNSs) to international students’ cross-cultural adaptation, but fails to explain how specific dimensions of SNS use may be related to crosscultural adaptation. Extending anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory, we added new antecedents about social ties on SNSs distinguished by cultural origins and geographic locations...

Cultural Intelligence and Cultural Diversity

Today, in order to achieve an effective result in a globalized business environment, an understanding of cultural diversity is urgently needed. In this background, such a concept, cultural intelligence, is newly presented. This is an ability to socialize and work with people from different culture and background without cultural struggle. This article discusses about a concept and theory of cul...