2014
DOI: 10.2190/ec.50.4.b
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Perceptions of International Female Students toward E-Learning in Resolving High Education and Family Role Strain

Abstract: It is a common phenomenon for many mature female international students enrolled in high education overseas to experience strain from managing conflicting roles of student and family, and difficulties of cross-cultural adjustment. The purpose of this study is to examine perceptions and behavioral intentions of international female students toward e-learning as a tool for resolving overseas high education and family strain from a technology acceptance standpoint. To achieve this goal, Davis's (1989) technology … Show more

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“…Importantly, it also resulted in learner's intention (Kibelloh & Bao, 2014b). The results presented in this research can be used as the guideline in the context of developing countries like Thailand which is facing with these problems.…”
Section: From Theoretical Implications This Research Applies Delone mentioning
confidence: 74%
“…Importantly, it also resulted in learner's intention (Kibelloh & Bao, 2014b). The results presented in this research can be used as the guideline in the context of developing countries like Thailand which is facing with these problems.…”
Section: From Theoretical Implications This Research Applies Delone mentioning
confidence: 74%
“…Understanding the factors that influence the use of e-learning has been the focus of numerous e-learning studies in recent years (Bao, Xiong, Hu, & Kibelloh, 2013;Kibelloh & Bao, 2014b;Thongsri, Shen, Bao, & Alharbi, 2018). A factor that has not been considered, in technology acceptance literature, is the role of the academic major (i.e.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whilst available literature identifies challenges, including adjustment stress and impact on relationships, these were justified in the maintenance of middle-class status and upward familial mobility (Lee, 2010). Myers-Walls et al (2011) and Kibelloh and Bao (2014) explore the experiences of parents who migrate with their children (and often spouses) for their own educational attainment.…”
Section: International Postgraduate Study and Motheringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These studies identify complex negotiations of often conflicting roles as student and mother; participants told of experiencing guilt, role strain, external disapproval, feelings of exclusion and marital stress (Kibelloh and Bao, 2014;Myers-Walls et al, 2011). Kibelloh and Bao (2014, p. 468) go on to suggest that 'cultural adjustment stressors may vary with time and diminish with duration of stay', yet stress related to the disruption of their mothering role remains a persistent concern for women students throughout their academic period.…”
Section: International Postgraduate Study and Motheringmentioning
confidence: 99%
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