Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction

In this study, the authors examine the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction which, in turn, influences the levels of interracial interaction among students at a multicultural university in Malaysia. Interact...

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Main Authors: Tamam, Ezhar, Idris, Fazilah, Yee, Wendy Mei Tien, Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27898/
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author Tamam, Ezhar
Idris, Fazilah
Yee, Wendy Mei Tien
Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar
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Idris, Fazilah
Yee, Wendy Mei Tien
Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar
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description In this study, the authors examine the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction which, in turn, influences the levels of interracial interaction among students at a multicultural university in Malaysia. Interaction across race is fundamental to students' growth and development. Responses from 193 Malay and 165 Chinese students were analysed by means of hierarchical regression. Results support the hypothesized influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction for the Chinese students. For the Malay students, however, only interracial interaction expectation is significant. Attitudes toward interracial interaction, in turn, significantly predict levels of interracial interaction for both groups. The results support the hypothesized differential strength of relationships among the variables for the two racial groups. Implications for higher education are discussed.
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spelling upm-278982015-11-26T01:26:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27898/ Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction Tamam, Ezhar Idris, Fazilah Yee, Wendy Mei Tien Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar In this study, the authors examine the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction which, in turn, influences the levels of interracial interaction among students at a multicultural university in Malaysia. Interaction across race is fundamental to students' growth and development. Responses from 193 Malay and 165 Chinese students were analysed by means of hierarchical regression. Results support the hypothesized influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction for the Chinese students. For the Malay students, however, only interracial interaction expectation is significant. Attitudes toward interracial interaction, in turn, significantly predict levels of interracial interaction for both groups. The results support the hypothesized differential strength of relationships among the variables for the two racial groups. Implications for higher education are discussed. Routledge 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27898/1/Influence%20of%20expectation%20and%20campus%20racial%20climate%20on%20undergraduates.pdf Tamam, Ezhar and Idris, Fazilah and Yee, Wendy Mei Tien and Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar (2013) Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 33 (3). pp. 295-309. ISSN 0218-8791; ESSN: 1742-6855 10.1080/02188791.2013.789003
spellingShingle Tamam, Ezhar
Idris, Fazilah
Yee, Wendy Mei Tien
Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar
Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
title Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
title_full Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
title_fullStr Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
title_full_unstemmed Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
title_short Influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
title_sort influence of expectation and campus racial climate on undergraduates' interracial interaction
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27898/1/Influence%20of%20expectation%20and%20campus%20racial%20climate%20on%20undergraduates.pdf