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The Effect Of Cold Calling And Culture On Communication Apprehension, Kimberly Noreen Aguilar Jan 2010

The Effect Of Cold Calling And Culture On Communication Apprehension, Kimberly Noreen Aguilar

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether cold calling improved, maintained, or worsened students' levels of communication apprehension (CA) and sought to understand the effects that culture and cold calling may have on students with CA within the framework of Uncertainty Reduction Theory.


Perceived Social Support From Using Computer-Mediated Communication, Host Language Proficiency And Host-Family Satisfaction In Student Sojourners' Cross-Cultural Transition, Honorio Tsutomu Komori Jan 2010

Perceived Social Support From Using Computer-Mediated Communication, Host Language Proficiency And Host-Family Satisfaction In Student Sojourners' Cross-Cultural Transition, Honorio Tsutomu Komori

Theses Digitization Project

The present research examined perceived social support from using computer-mediated communication (CMC) technologies and the impact of social support and CMC on internatinal students' psychological and socio-cultural adaptation. This study also examined the role of host-family social support and host language proficiency on student sojourner adaptation.