TY - JOUR
T1 - Are You Satisfied? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Mentoring Communication Strategies in Predicting Chinese International Graduate Students’ Program Satisfaction
AU - Yang, Qinghua Candy
AU - Dunleavy, Victoria
AU - Phillips, Jasmine Rene
PY - 2015/10/15
Y1 - 2015/10/15
N2 - This study examined how mentoring initiation and maintenance strategies mediate the relationship between acculturative stress and intercultural communication competence on Chinese graduate students’ program satisfaction. Results supported a partial mediation effect for mentoring maintenance strategies. By specifying the mediating effect, the model explained significantly more variance in program satisfaction beyond the direct effects of the intercultural variables. We extended one premise of mentor enactment theory to a cross-cultural context by investigating the unique roles of expressing appreciation and communicating personal goals as effective maintenance strategies in predicting Chinese international graduate students’ satisfaction. Practical implications are also discussed.
AB - This study examined how mentoring initiation and maintenance strategies mediate the relationship between acculturative stress and intercultural communication competence on Chinese graduate students’ program satisfaction. Results supported a partial mediation effect for mentoring maintenance strategies. By specifying the mediating effect, the model explained significantly more variance in program satisfaction beyond the direct effects of the intercultural variables. We extended one premise of mentor enactment theory to a cross-cultural context by investigating the unique roles of expressing appreciation and communicating personal goals as effective maintenance strategies in predicting Chinese international graduate students’ satisfaction. Practical implications are also discussed.
KW - Acculturative stress
KW - Graduate program satisfaction
KW - Intercultural communication competence
KW - Mentoring initiation strategies
KW - Mentoring maintenance strategies
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U2 - 10.1080/03634523.2015.1090005
DO - 10.1080/03634523.2015.1090005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84945217522
JO - Communication Education
JF - Communication Education
SN - 0363-4523
ER -