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The role of PC in int'l student experience - Coggle Diagram
The role of PC in int'l student experience
Psychological Contract (PC)
Evaluation
When?
How?
Fulfillment or Breach
Conscious or semi-consciuous?
Are they aware of their "contracts"? or do they reflect on them after culture shock?
Interpretation?
Which part of PC is fulfilled/breached?
Content
Educational
Curriculum
Teaching and learning pedagogy
Career development
find a job in the host country
connect with more locals so that they can do business back home
Socio-emotional
Institute-student relationship
Outcomes of Fulfillment & Breach
Affective
Attitudinal
Behavioral
Formation
Transactional vs Relational
Changes (over time)
Disruption/Maintenance→Renegotiation/Repair
Parties and agents
Int'l Student Experience
W curve
Initial Adjustment
Mental Isolation
Culture Shock
Acceptance & Integration
Honeymoon
Intercultural contact
Stress, coping, & Adjustment
Social support
Types of Adjestment
Sociocultural
Academic
Psychological
Culture learning
Social identification
The Role of Culture?
Shapes the content of PC?
Affects the way people deal w/ breach?
Antecedent of breach / fulfillment?
How does PC connect to their experience?
PC in employment vs. school
PC vs. general expectations
(PC by definition is a "belief of mutual obligation", but does student and school have such "mutual" obligation?)
What role does PC play in the adjustment process (each W-curve stages)
What role does PC play in the transition between W-curve stages?
"Another interesting finding in relation to the students’ conception of the meaning of the psychological contract was that emphasis was placed on expectations. This contradicts the preference for emphasising promises in the employment psychological contract" (Koskina, 2011, p.1032)