An analysis of friendship networks, social connectedness, homesickness, and satisfaction levels of international students     

Blake Hendrickson  Devan Rosen R. Kelly Aune 《Int J Intercult Relat》2011,35(3):281-295

International students continue to grow in number worldwide, prompting researchers to look for ways to make the study abroad experience more fruitful. One avenue of research has focused on friendship formation, the significant role it plays in the study abroad experience, and the unique friendship combinations made possible by the study abroad experience. International students form friendships with individuals from their own country, from other countries, and from the host country. Research has found that international students often have more friends from their home country; however, research has also demonstrated a relationship between having more host country friends and satisfaction, contentment, decreased homesickness, and social connectedness. The current study looks to further explore these relationships through a social network lens by examining friendship network ratios, strength, and variability of the three friendship groups. A friendship network grid was developed to assess where international students’ friends are from and how strong those friendships are. Eighty four international students completed a survey examining the relationship between friendship networks, social connectedness, homesickness, contentment, and satisfaction. Contrary to prior research, international students did not report having a higher ratio of individuals from their home country in their friendship networks. However, international students with a higher ratio of individuals from the host country in their network claimed to be more satisfied, content, and less homesick. Furthermore, participants who reported more friendship variability with host country individuals described themselves as more satisfied, content, and more socially connected. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.  相似文献   

Forty years of the International Journal of Information Management: A bibliometric analysis     

《International Journal of Information Management》2021

In 2019, the International Journal of Information Management (IJIM) celebrated its 40th year of publication. This study commemorates this event by presenting a retrospect of the journal. Using a range of bibliometric tools, we find that the journal has grown impressively in terms of publication and citation. The contributions come from all over the world, but the majority are from Europe and the United States. The journal has mostly published empirical articles, with its authors dominantly using quantitative methodology. Further, the culture of collaboration has increased among authors over the years. The journal publishes on a number of including managing information systems, information technologies and their application in business, technology acceptance among consumers, using information systems for decision making, social perspectives on knowledge management, and information research from the social science perspective. Regression analysis reveals that article attributes such as article order, methodology, presence of authors from Europe, number of references, number of keywords, and abstract length have a significant association with the citations. Finally, we find that conceptual and review articles have a positive association with citations.  相似文献   

美国在网络主权问题上的立场变化及启示     

余建川 《情报杂志》2021,(2):102-110

[目的/意义]在网络空间这个新颖而又无处不在的领域中,主权原则如何运作一直是国家实践和学界理论研究中的硬核问题。厘清美国在该问题上的立场变化对我国参与网络空间国际治理具有积极意义。[方法/过程]利用历史分析法、文献研究法和对比分析法对美国《情报活动中的国际法律问题评估》(1999年)、《网络行动国际法塔林手册2.0》和《在军事行动中使用网络能力的国际法框架》(2017年)进行法律考察。[结果/结论]研究表明,为应对美国在网络主权问题上的立场转变,我国应坚持领土主权原则的拘束力,平等地尊重各国网络主权,并积极参与网络空间国际规则制定的实践,推动网络空间命运共同体理念的国际法构建。  相似文献   

角色扮演法在国际贸易课程中的应用研究     

刘培 《天津职业院校联合学报》2014,(9):75-78

＂行为导向＂一词最早出现于20世纪80年代,它是世界职业教育教学理论发展过程中的一种新思潮。角色扮演法是行为导向教学法中最具代表性的教学方法之一,它强调通过模拟实景,让学生身临其境地参与到教学过程中,通过自己的实践或行动来培养和提高职业能力。国际贸易作为中职学校商贸类专业的必修课程之一,通过引入角色扮演法使学生充分发挥其形象思维的优势,将复杂的国际贸易过程、国际贸易关系变得更加直观,从很大程度上降低了课程的难度,提高了学生的学习效率。  相似文献   

实践导向下的高等教育“4S”教学模式研究——以国际金融学为例     

孙志娟 《河南科技学院学报》2014,(8):94-97

在就业压力日益增加的今天,以就业为导向、以实践为导向的教学模式曾一定程度上促进了高等教育的发展。然而由于部分高校在理解上的偏差,使得这种教学模式出现定位治标不治本的现象,导致实践教育与知识教育严重失衡、理论学习与实践操作严重脱节、教师与学生主导地位本末倒置等诸多教学问题。文章以国际金融学为例,以当前教学过程中所存在的一系列问题为切入点,借鉴发达国家的先进教学理念,重构以实践为导向、以专业教师为引导、以学生自主学习为核心、以实验行政等教辅人员为支撑的"4S"教学模式,以期为完善高等教育教学模式提供相应建议。  相似文献   

基于工作过程的《国际商务谈判》课程建设探析     

陈嫔荣 《怀化师专学报》2014,(3):120-122

基于工作过程课程建设是课程结构质变形态,是目前比较先进的课程开发思想和理论,已经成为当今我国高职课程改革的主流观点。《国际商务谈判》是一门综合性学科,具有很强的理论性和实操性。基于工作过程对课程进行建设能全面有效地培养学生国际商务谈判的能力和相关职业能力。  相似文献   

《公法会通》与近代西方国际法术语及其内涵的输入     

万齐洲 《惠州大学学报》2014,(2):32-36

《公法会通》是近代中国较为系统介绍国际法的译作。外交关系法与战争法及其术语是该书的重点,它们对于近代中国社会产生了一定的影响。  相似文献   

基于国际合著论文的中国学术贡献度研究     

冉从敬  宋凯  何梦婷 《图书馆杂志》2021,(1):82-92

国际学术合作能够提高科研效率,推动知识创新,探讨国际合著论文中的国家贡献度,对反映国家领域影响力,提升国际合作态势具有重要意义。从数值和内容两个层面构建国际合著国家学术贡献度分析模型,以中国作为重点研究对象,以Web of Science为数据来源,通过构建国际合著网络,结合学术贡献度计算公式,分析近十年中国在Information Science&Library Science(图书情报学,以下简称ISLS)领域的学术贡献度,并以知识图谱的方式揭示中国学术参与主题的演化。结果表明:在数值方面,第一阶段中国学术贡献度较小,但第二阶段持续发力,成为国际合作中的后起之秀,学术贡献度仅次于美国;在内容方面,经历了从理论研究到技术创新的演进,参与的学术主题呈多元化和深入化趋势。  相似文献   

邻里图书馆的营销探索     

陈艳  曾思敏 《图书馆论坛》2021,(4):21-26

文章从邻里图书馆项目获得IFLA国际营销奖第一名切入,分析邻里图书馆项目的营销思路、营销策略、申报IFLA国际营销奖的过程,建议公共图书馆开展营销时应注重文化象征、利用实物空间布局、聚焦核心用户群和侧重服务效果。  相似文献   

从苏维埃革命到苏维埃运动——共产国际关于中国革命战略的演变     

庞振宇 《赣南师范学院学报》2014,(1):45-49

苏维埃革命和苏维埃运动是共产国际指导中共先后实践的两个革命模式,影响着中国革命的发展进程。从苏维埃革命到苏维埃运动的战略转变,中国苏区有了大发展。苏维埃运动战略没有放弃以城市为中心,中央苏区的进攻路线导致中国苏维埃运动的失败。  相似文献