Effects of University Students’ Multicultural Experiences on Acceptance of International Student Inflow: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model of Cultural Openness and Cultural Self-Efficacy
Randomized trial examines how multicultural experiences influence acceptance of international students, suggesting the need for intercultural programs.
Key Points
This study aims to explore how multicultural experiences affect university students' acceptance of international students through cultural openness and cultural self-efficacy.
Collected data from 295 South Korean university students with direct interactions with international students.
Analyzed data using Model 6 of the PROCESS macro for SPSS.
Multicultural experiences had no significant direct effect on overall acceptance of international students inflow.
The indirect effect through cultural openness was significant for overall, institutional, social, and cultural acceptance.
The serial indirect effect through cultural openness and cultural self-efficacy was significant only for cultural acceptance.