Research Article
Year 2019,
Volume: 5 Issue: 14, 1161 - 1170, 15.09.2019
Abstract
This paper highlights the social identity negotiation of Yemeni post graduate students in Malaysian based on Tajfel and Turner social identity theory. One of the reasons that drive Yemenis to Malaysia to further their studies is due to social and religious closeness. Whether Yemenis really benefit from cultural and religious remain unknown because, the issue Yemeni students social and cultural experiences in Malaysia remains underrepresented. Thus, this study aims to explore Yemeni students and their social integration into the Malaysian society. The study was conducted in four public Malaysian universities namely, using qualitative methods approach. There were 30 interviewers for this study which took one-year time and 20 Yemenis post graduate students participated. The study revealed three salient identities among Yemenis in Malaysia which are: clear identity, ambivalent identity and transit identity. The findings show that some of these students appeared to be inclined to their own Yemeni identity, while some of them were inclined to Muslim identity. And few students seem to have transit identity. Further, the study reveals few examples of successful Yemen integration into the Malay community.
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Year 2019,
Volume: 5 Issue: 14, 1161 - 1170, 15.09.2019
Abstract
References
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International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 4(1). Système d'observation permanente des migrations (Organization). (2011). International Migration Outlook: Annual Report. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Système d'observation permanente des migrations (Organization). (2011). International Migration Outlook: Annual Report. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Tajfel, H., Turner, J. C., Austin, W. G., & Worchel, S. (1979). An integrative theory of intergroup conflict. Organizational identity: A reader, 56-65. Tannenbaum, C., & Sharansky, N. (2009). Influences on the religious identity of Jewish adolescents. The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education. Tapper, B. A., & Macdonald, M. A. (1974). Cyanogenic compounds in cultures of a psychrophilic basidiomycete (snow mold). Canadian journal of microbiology, 20(4), 563-566. Tham, S. Y., & Kam, A. J. Y. (2008). Internationalising higher education: Comparing the challenges of different higher education institutions in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 28(4), 353-367. Ward, C., & Kennedy, A. (1993). Psychological and socio-cultural adjustment during cross-cultural transitions: A comparison of secondary students overseas and at home. International journal of psychology, 28(2), 129-147. Weeden, J., Cohen, A. B., & Kenrick, D. T. (2008). Religious attendance as reproductive support. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29(5), 327-334.
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| Primary Language | Arabic |
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | September 15, 2019 |
| Submission Date | May 28, 2019 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2019Volume: 5 Issue: 14 |
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