Student Mobility, Connectedness and Identity

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ly Thi Tran ◽  
Catherine Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Student Mobility

Book Reviews

Focaal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (46) ◽  
pp. 176-186
Author(s):  
Franz Wojciechowski ◽  
Sarah Stohlman ◽  
Djamila Schans ◽  
David O'Kane ◽  
Ludwien Meeuwesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Land Reforms ◽  
Native North America ◽  
Anthropology Of Tourism

Hermanten Kate, Travels and researches in Native North America, 1882–1883Rainer Ohliger, Karen Schönwälder, and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, European encounters: migrants, migration and European societies since 1945Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune, Student mobility and narrative in Europe: the new strangersMarja J. Spierenburg, Strangers, spirits and land reforms: conflicts about land in Dande, Northern ZimbabweRenée R. Shield and Stanley M. Aronson, Aging in today’s world: conversations between an anthropologist and a physicianShinji Yamashita, Bali and beyond: explorations in the anthropology of tourism

Growth all along the road? Personality development and international contacts of (in)experienced sojourners

2021 ◽  
pp. 089020702098843
Author(s):  
Julia Zimmermann ◽  
Henriette Greischel ◽  
Kathrin Jonkmann ◽  
Franz J. Neyer
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
The Road ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
International Contact ◽  
Anticipation Effects

International student mobility (ISM) is an important educational means to promote the international (job market) potential of university students. Beyond that, it constitutes a context of personality development in young adulthood. With the present research, we tried to integrate the perspectives of applied and personality research in addressing the following questions. First, we scrutinized the robustness of ISM effects on personality development as we controlled for effects of sociodemographic characteristics and implemented a waiting group design ( N = 3070). Second, we explored ISM anticipation effects as well as the moderation of ISM effects by previous international mobility experiences. Finally, in view of the public discourse on the benefits of “Erasmus crowds”, we assessed the roles of international and host relationships with regard to the personality development of sojourners. The results largely corroborated the robustness of ISM effects on personality development. No ISM anticipation effects occurred, and effects of current ISM engagement were largely unaffected by previous international mobility experiences. Finally, international contact experiences were associated with personality development above and beyond effects of host country contacts. Implications for the understanding of personality development and potential inferences for the organization and improvement of ISM programs are discussed.

The Role of Islamic Piety Movements in the Lives of Malaysian Female Muslim Students in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 102831532110270
Author(s):  
Ireena Nasiha Ibnu ◽  
Norzaini Azman
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Muslim Students ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Fictive Kinship

This paper explores the transnational trajectories of female Malaysian Muslim students through their commitment to piety-minded forms of Islam. In particular, it seeks to identify the reasons for their participation in piety movements and its importance to their lives. The ethnographic research, conducted over 8 months, involved 18 Malaysian female respondents who were studying and living in Manchester between 2016 and 2017. The findings show that the students’ involvement in piety movements was due to fictive kinship providing generous hospitality upon their arrival to the United Kingdom, pre-departure programs on preparation for studying abroad, family influence and sisterhood relationships. Participation in piety movements is said to help relieve stress and overcome loneliness, and is considered vital in guiding Muslim students to lead fulfilling and virtuous lives. The findings contribute significantly to transnational student mobility theories and the importance of sociality and religion in transnational migration.

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