کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
350339 618442 2015 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Social network sites and international students’ cross-cultural adaptation
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
سایت های شبکه اجتماعی و انطباق میان فرهنگی دانشجویان بین المللی
کلمات کلیدی
تئوری مدیریت اضطراب / عدم اطمینان؛ سایت شبکه اجتماعی؛ سازگاری میان فرهنگی؛ کاهش عدم اطمینان؛ اتباع میزبان محلی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر نرم افزارهای علوم کامپیوتر
چکیده انگلیسی


• Directed communication with local host nationals reduced uncertainty.
• Directed communication with local co-nationals increased uncertainty.
• Results suggest SNSs supplement offline communication.
• Results extend anxiety/uncertainty management theory.
• SNS effect depends on how and with whom to communicate.

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 cross-cultural adaptation. Extending anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory, we added new antecedents about social ties on SNSs distinguished by cultural origins and geographic locations to understand the role of SNS use in cross-cultural adaptation. Path analysis results from an online survey (N = 156) show that directed communication via SNSs with local host nationals was positively associated with uncertainty reduction, but that with local co-nationals was negatively related to uncertainty reduction, suggesting that the effectiveness of SNSs in developing and maintaining local relationships may lie in their ability to provide a supplementary channel to offline communication. Overall, our results demonstrate that SNS effect on cross-cultural adaptation depends on individuals’ proficiency of host language, who they communicate with and how they communicate via SNSs.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Computers in Human Behavior - Volume 49, August 2015, Pages 400–411
نویسندگان
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