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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/IJACT.2022.10.4.322

Determinants of Working International Students' Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Sense of Belonging  

Do-Hyun, Im (Dept. Justice law and Criminology, American Univ.)
Richard, Basilisco (Dept. General Education, Namseoul Uni.)
Kwan-Soo, Shin (General Innovation Inc.)
Seong-Chan, Bae (Dept. Social Welfare, Hanil Univ.)
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International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology / v.10, no.4, 2022 , pp. 322-336 More about this Journal
Abstract
South Korea is in the limelight in the past decades as Korean universities races for internationalization. As the number of students studying abroad tremendously increasing, there has been a growing need for higher education institutions to understand international working students' life satisfaction and sense of belonging. The aim of this research is to outline which determinants affects life satisfaction as mediated by sense of belonging. With the samples size of 102 respondents, the proposed research model was examined using structural equation modeling (SEM) and SPSS. Results show that all determinants (Recognition, Quality of Education, Experienced Difficulties in Public Service and Understanding Korean Language) were positively significant toward Sense of Belonging. Likewise sense of belonging holds the positive indirect significant effects of the four determinants to life satisfaction.
Keywords
Higher Education Institution; Life Satisfaction; Sense of Belonging; Recognition; Quality of Education; Understanding Korean Language; International;
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