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Muhs, William F.; And Others – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
Literature reviews suggest that Mexican-American students place more emphasis on cooperation and group than on individual achievement. Education may be enhanced when teachers reinforce "successful behavior." Problems may arise using U.S.-based theories of "democratic" leadership styles because Mexican-American culture places emphasis on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Counselors, Cross Cultural Studies
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Boski, Pawel – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1988
Conducted two studies with Nigerian and Canadian undergraduates participating as observers of videotaped Hausa and Ibo actors, cast in their ethnic schema-consistent and schema-inconsistent roles. Nigerian group modestly supported hypothesis that the phenomenon of ingroup favoritism/outgroup discrimination should be limited to schema-consistent…
Descriptors: Anthropology, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Tan, Joanna K. L.; Goh, Jonathan W. P. – International Education Journal, 2006
Many universities today are promoting cultural diversity to prepare students to be competent in intercultural communication and function effectively in an increasingly global world. The purpose of this study is to explore how and why students from different cultural backgrounds are motivated to communicate and interact with each other. It is based…
Descriptors: Individualism, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Der-Karabetian, Aghop; And Others – 1983
Nationalism and worldmindedness are social cognitions that have both culture-unique and culture-universal aspects. To compare cross-cultural manifestations of these 2 sentiments, 270 Japanese and 210 American university students in Tokyo and Los Angeles answered questions on national resources, self-sufficiency and interdependence, communication,…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences