The Role of Intergroup Contact and Acculturation Strategies in Developing Chinese International Students’ Global Competence |
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| Authors: | Qian Meng Chun Cao |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium;2. Foreign Language School, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, China |
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| Abstract: | The current study investigates how intergroup contact and acculturation strategies are related to Chinese international students’ global competence development. A group of Chinese international students in Belgium participated in an online survey. Chinese students have achieved the development of global competence in all the dimensions of knowledge, skills and attitudes since they started their study abroad. The results showed that integrated and assimilated students obtained greater global competence development in all three dimensions than the separated and marginalized ones. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses further revealed that both intergroup contact and socio-demographics can significantly predict global competence development. |
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| Keywords: | Chinese international student intergroup contact acculturation strategy global competence |
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