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Assessment and Impact of Personal characteristics on Cross cultural adjustment aspect among Under graduate students

  • Unique Paper ID: 162097
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 419-426
  • Abstract:
  • Cross Culture adjustment basically refers to the extent to the which a person is capable of adjusting with multifarious challenging situations of the local region. Hence, the present study may encourage greater understanding and increase in conversations of cultural intelligence and adjustment as an integral leadership quality and competency for college students. Totally two colleges from each of four segments of Bangalore focusing under graduation programme on random sampling basis as a representation. Descriptive survey method of research used for the study. Finally, 50 each from 8 colleges accounting total sample as 400 under graduate students. Data base covering of two components a) Eight characteristics on Socio-economic status of respondents. b) Cross cultural adjustment tool accountable with 68 statements on five point Likert scale, ranging from 1-5 scores from strongly disagree to strongly agree with three dimension, General adjustment, Interactional adjustment and Academic adjustment. The minimum score for the cross cultural adjustment as 68 and maximum score as 340. Statistical measures used are number, percent, mean and standard deviation. Under inferential statistical test applied are Chi-square test to measure the association between selected socio economic characteristics and Cross cultural adjustment and F-test for comparing means of different aspects of Cross cultural adjustment. Majority of the respondents (46.0 %) found as 18 years of age, boys predominant (56.0 %), belongs to 1st year PUC and language background as English (90.0%) followed by Hindi (82.0 %). Further, second ordinal position with majority (48.0 %) and number of sibling being as one (40.0 %). Academic performance found as 61-72 marks noticed with 40.0 percent and higher respondents emerging from home (56.0 %) as residence. Regarding type of family majority (72.0 %) emerged from nuclear family background and income status with Rs.75,000-1,00,000 possess with 42.5 percent. The result indicate that 56.0 percent of respondents possess with adequate cross cultural adjustment level as compared to remaining 44.0 percent respondents noticed with moderate cross cultural adjustment level. Regarding Interactional (70.0%) and Academic
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 419-426

Assessment and Impact of Personal characteristics on Cross cultural adjustment aspect among Under graduate students

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