Participating the Exchange Programs and Overseas Internship Survey in Taiwan (May 2017)

Jui Chuan Chang

doi:10.11648/j.tecs.20170203.12

Abstract

The issue of exchange students and participate the overseas internships have been a popular programs during the college. During the life abroad, students may face lots of difficulties, such as languages, culture conflicts and local life. The purposes of this study is to explore that (A) the impact of the personality traits, culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating exchange students and overseas internships (B) the impact of the culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating exchange students and overseas internships (C) the impact of the cross-cultural adaptation, culture conflicts and self-efficacy in participating exchange students and overseas internships. By Using SPSS 20.0 statistical suite and AMOS statistics of software according to the data of the questionnaire survey with descriptive statistical analysis, reliability and validity analysis, correlation analysis, one-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA), SEM and grey relational analysis, (A) There is a significant positive correlation among the personality traits, culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating the exchange and overseas internship programs. (B) There is a significant positive correlation among the culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating the exchange and overseas internship programs. (C) There is a significant positive correlation among the cross-cultural adaptation, culture conflicts and self-efficacy in participating the exchange and overseas internship programs.

Highlights

The phenomenon, on which the study is based, is related to internationalization in education and student mobility, especially in vocational training and trainee placements
The research purpose is to explore the relationship among participating the exchange program and overseas internships’ self-efficacy, personality traits, culture conflicts and cross-cultural adaptation currently
The purpose of this study is to explore the status of college students 'participation in exchange students' and overseas internships culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy

Summary

Introduction

The phenomenon, on which the study is based, is related to internationalization in education and student mobility, especially in vocational training and trainee placements. This is an important issue for young people nowadays, since obtaining international experience as a part of internships and exchange students or training is almost a compulsory step for a successful career path. A large number of academic researchers have explored the positive outcomes of exchange students and overseas. The aim of this study is to explore the different personality traits of exchange students and overseas internships culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy, make specific suggestions according to the findings of the study

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