Cultural Marginality Among Asian Students in the U.S.: An Empirical Assessment

2015 ◽  
pp. 418-421
Author(s):  
Nabil Y. Razzouk ◽  
Mary Gregory ◽  
Tonghathai Konguspol
Keyword(s):  
Asian Students ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Cultural Marginality ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Exploring East Asian Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions about the Effectiveness of their Preparation for Study Abroad for Academic Success in U.S. Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-202
Author(s):  
Meiren Chen ◽  
Hyeyoung Bang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
Undergraduate Study ◽  
East Asian Students ◽  
The U.S

We use grounded theory as a framework to explore how preparation for studying abroad affects the academic success of East Asian undergraduate students in U.S. universities. Based on interviews with twelve participants from China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, we found that knowledge of English language and American culture, which is highly involved with their preparation for study abroad and their undergraduate study in the U.S, are two core categories affecting East Asian students’ academic success. High levels of preparation for study abroad help East Asian students better adapt to American universities. At the same time, East Asian students spend more time on English proficiency tests than learning the culture both before and after they arrive to the U.S., which can be detrimental. We suggest that U.S. universities provide more support for cultural adaptation such as learning communities to have active cultural exchanges within context.

scholarly journals An Empirical Assessment of Organizational Commitment Using the Side-Bet Theory Approach

2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Cohen ◽  
Urs E. Gattiker
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
National Data ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Hierarchical Position ◽  
Bet Theory ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Cross National

According to the side-bet theory, organizational commitment increases with the accumulation of side bets or investments. Cross-national data for seven side-bet indexes (age, tenure, education, marital status, salary, gender, and hierarchical position) were used to test the theory's generalizability. Four hundred and sixty-three white-collar employees in Canada and the U.S. were surveyed. The findings indicated that while organizational commitment levels between Canadian and U.S. respondents were similar, the effects of various side-bet indexes differed between the two countries. The results suggest that previously reported correlations between age, tenure and organizational commitment (e.g. Meyer and Allen 1984) cannot be replicated. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for future investigation of the side-bet theory and organizational commitment.

scholarly journals Inflating Away the Public Debt? An Empirical Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Hilscher ◽  
Alon Raviv ◽  
Ricardo Reis
Keyword(s):  
Public Debt ◽  
New Method ◽  
Inflation Dynamics ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Public ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Real Value ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Abstract This paper proposes a new method for measuring the impact of inflation on the real value of public debt. The distribution of debt debasement is based on two inputs: the distribution of privately held nominal debt by maturity, for which we provide new estimates, and the distribution of risk-adjusted inflation dynamics, for which we provide a novel copula estimator using options data. We find that inflation by itself is unlikely to lower the U.S. fiscal burden significantly because debt is concentrated at short maturities and perceived inflation shocks have little short-run persistence and are small.

Do students’ high scores on international assessments translate to low levels of creativity?

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (7) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Johansson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
International Assessments ◽  
East Asian Students ◽  
Educational Assessments ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The U.S

Responding to an earlier Phi Delta Kappan article, the author rejects the argument that East Asian students’ high scores on international educational assessments come at the expense of learning to be creative and entrepreneurial. According to survey research, people in Japan, Korea, and other East Asian nations perceive themselves to be not very entrepreneurial, but the author explains that their responses have do mainly with cultural differences in the ways people respond to such surveys, making them poor evidence that high school graduates in those countries actually are less creative than students in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The influences of perceived discrimination, religious coping and personal control on psychological distress among East Asian students in the U.S.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Yu Li Cummingham
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
East Asian Students ◽  
The U.S

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined the influences of perceived discrimination, religious coping, and personal control on psychological distress among 305 East Asian students in the U.S.. The results showed that variables of perceived discrimination, personal control, and psychological distress were significantly associated with each other; and personal control partially mediated the link between perceived discrimination and psychological distress. It demonstrates that experiences of discrimination undermine East Asian students' personal control in their lives and across situations, and through personal control, contributes to greater psychological distress. The moderation effect of religious coping on the link between perceived discrimination and personal control was not significant. Implications for culturally appropriate services, counseling, and research are discussed.

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