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The Role of Individual Absorptive Capacity, Subjective-Wellbeing and Cultural Fit in Predicting International Student’s Academic Achievement and Novelty in China

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  • Emmanuel Tetteh Teye
  • Alexander Narh Tetteh
  • Abraham Teye
  • Seth Yeboah Ntim
  • Beatrice Ayerakwa Abosi
  • Olayemi Hafeez Rufai
  • Qian He

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This study investigated the role of cognitive-(absorptive capacity), psychological-(subjective-wellbeing) and cultural-fit-factors as predictors of academic achievement-novelty in a Chinese-C9-league-University. We addressed the question of what drive student’s achievement of high graduations requirements and innovativeness in their Host-University; focusing mainly on whether interactionistic-nature-(fit-capabilities) are better mechanisms. The quantitative approach was adopted; collect 234 valid data via survey questionnaire, and conduct analysis via structural equation modeling technique. We found that individual-absorptive-capacity has significant effect on supervisor-fit, but a non-significant effect on university-fit dimensions of cultural-fit. Subjective-wellbeing significantly affects both dimensions of cultural-fit. The findings further show how supervisor-fit and university-fit indirectly mediate the (absorptive-capacity, subjective-wellbeing)-achievement-novelty relationship. We highlight the importance of cultural-diversity-awareness; considering supervisor-institutional-fit-factors in research-mentorship-development to support international-students ‘induction for research productivity in educational-settings.Â

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  • Emmanuel Tetteh Teye & Alexander Narh Tetteh & Abraham Teye & Seth Yeboah Ntim & Beatrice Ayerakwa Abosi & Olayemi Hafeez Rufai & Qian He, 2018. "The Role of Individual Absorptive Capacity, Subjective-Wellbeing and Cultural Fit in Predicting International Student’s Academic Achievement and Novelty in China," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 7(6), pages 1-78, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:jfr:ijhe11:v:7:y:2018:i:6:p:78
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