The Relationship among Acculturation, Communication Ability, Demographic Background and Performance of Indian Doctoral Students in Taiwan
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2010
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among demographic factors, acculturation, communication ability, and performance of Indian doctoral students in Taiwan. It was premised that the Indian acculturation and communication are significantly related to the performance of Indian doctoral students in Taiwan. The purposes of this study included (a) to examine the relationship among demographic factors and academic performance of Indian doctoral students in Taiwan, (b) to examine the relationship among acculturation, communication style, and academic performance of Indian doctoral students in Taiwan. The sample in this research was taken from different universities in Taiwan. A total of 205 valid samples have been collected, including 182 male and 23 female.
Although most demographic factors were not significantly related with the performance of Indian doctoral students in Taiwan, one demographic factor (number of spoken languages) has shown significantly related to the performance of Indian students in Taiwan. In addition, the communication ability and performance of Indian doctoral students in Taiwan were significantly related.
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acculturation, communication, performance, demographic information