In July 1992, my 24 years of studying abroad in the US as a researcher at Harvard Medical School started. During this period, I met many outstanding scholars who conducted some of the world’s leading ...research projects. In particular, the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Jack A. Elias, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Medicine at Brown University, on a project focusing on a molecule called Chitinase 3-like 1 was very helpful to my career, and eventually led to my current position as Professor in charge of international medical exchange at Kurume University School of Medicine. By strengthening the foundation of our exchange programs and actively promoting international joint research projects, I would like to raise the global name recognition of Kurume University.
International exchanges have become increasingly common. Although it is an explicit goal of exchange programs that exchange students immerse in another culture and learn to feel like a local, there ...is no systematic research on the development of one’s social identity during the exchange year. A longitudinal study with German high school students who spend an exchange year in the United States investigates the trajectories of social identification, identity integration of primary and secondary cultural identities, and well-being longitudinally at three measurement times (before departure, N = 556, 3 months, N = 210, and 6 months after arrival, N = 178). As social support is suggested to be an important resource, multilevel analyses tested the impact of three subcomponents of social support (i.e., emotional, instrumental, and compatibility-informational support) on the individual trajectories. It was found that social identification and identity integration increased over time, whereas well-being was high across all times. Identity integration mediated the positive effect of social identification on well-being. Moreover, emotional support was positively related to well-being and compatibility-informational support was positively related to identity integration. Instrumental support fostered early identity integration but diminished its slope when applied at later times. The present data demonstrate that an exchange year stimulates the development of the social self-concept, which is relevant for well-being. Moreover, it shows that the right kind of social support at the right time can foster this development.
The la Societe franco-japonaise de pharmacie (SFJP) was established in 1972, mainly by international students who studied under Professor Couvovier of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of ...Paris, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022. SFJP has promoted exchanges between Japanese and French pharmaceutical researchers and pharmacists, contributing to the advancement and development of science and culture between the two countries. The driving force for this was French pharmaceutical education and research, as well as lectures and discussions on the pharmacist profession.Based on the key words in the lecture titles, the 50 years of activities of the society can be roughly divided into three periods: 1) From 1972, SFJP introduced French pharmacy and hospital pharmacists and drug quality control, and made efforts to improve the pharmacy and medical situation in Japan. 2) From 1999, discussions were held on biopharmaceutical products and clinical application issues, the ideal state of the global pharmaceutical industry, and the establishment of a six-year pharmacy education system with references to the French education system. 3) From 2013, exchanges between Japanese and French researchers became active, and there were lectures and discussions on pharmaceutical research, education, new functions of pharmacists, hospital pharmacist activities.
Mobility experiences in higher education are usually met with great enthusiasm and are often described as sources of (transformative) learning. At the same time, less optimistic perspectives are ...brought forward by scholars who question the intrinsic value of international mobility in terms of encouraging personal growth and the acquisition of an intercultural and international mindset. In this article, retrospective accounts of Erasmus alumni, gathered several years after their sojourn, are analysed to understand the extent to which engaging in an international exchange during one’s university years can have long-lasting and transformative learning effects. The findings indicate that participating in an Erasmus exchange can indeed enhance personal growth and lead to transformative learning. Such an experience can give rise to significant changes in young people’s future decisions that may involve, for instance, more internationally oriented aspirations, a better understanding of cultural diversity, or an interest in engaging with new international experiences, as a result of the initial Erasmus exchange.
Purpose
International exchange students have been known for an often-neglected population in tourism research and their intention to revisit the host country has not been explored. Accordingly, the ...purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among international exchange students’ memorable experiences, nostalgia, satisfaction and revisit intention.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from students (N = 169) with recent international exchange experience using snowball sampling approach through various online platforms. The hypothesised relationships were tested using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).
Findings
Results showed that memorable experiences had a positive effect on nostalgia and satisfaction, and nostalgia significantly affected satisfaction. Satisfaction was also found to have a positive effect on revisit intention. In addition, memorable experiences and nostalgia had indirect effects on satisfaction and intention to revisit a host country in the near future.
Originality/value
The findings of this study contribute to the extant literature on international exchange students’ experience and provide tourism marketers with strategies to encourage them to revisit a host country.
我还会回来吗？由高校学生难忘的交换项目经历而激发的故地重游
摘要
目的
国际交换生在旅游研究中是经常被忽视的一个群体, 且他们再访交换国家之意图尚未被探讨。因此, 本研究之目的是研究国际交换生难忘的经历, 怀旧, 满意度和再访意图之间的关系。
设计/方法/方法
本研究的样本以滚雪球抽样的方式在各种网路平台收集有国际交换经验的学生（N = 169）, 且使用偏最小平方-结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）检验了研究模型中的假设关系。
结果
本研究发现, 难忘的经历对怀旧情绪和满意度有正向的影响, 而怀旧会显著影地响满意度, 且满意度对再访意图有正向影响。此外, 难忘的经历和怀旧情绪对满意度以及再访交换国家意图有间接的影响。
原创性/价值
此研究结果贡献于现有国际交换生体验的文献, 并为旅游营销人员提供了鼓励他们重新访问交换国家的策略。
¿Volveré? Evocar nostalgia a través de experiencias memorables del programa de intercambio de estudiantes universitarios.
Propósito
Los estudiantes de intercambio internacional han sido conocidos por una población a menudo descuidada en la investigación turística, y su intención de volver a visitar el país anfitrión no ha sido explorada. En consecuencia, el propósito de este trabajo fue examinar las relaciones entre las experiencias memorables de los estudiantes de intercambio internacional, la nostalgia, la satisfacción y la intención de volver a visitar.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
Se recolectaron datos de estudiantes (N = 169) con experiencia de intercambio internacional reciente utilizando el método de muestreo de bola de nieve a través de varias plataformas en línea. Las relaciones hipotéticas se ensayaron utilizando los mínimos cuadrados parciales — modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (PLS-SEM).
Hallazgos
Este estudio encontró que las experiencias memorables tuvieron un efecto positivo en la nostalgia y la satisfacción, y la nostalgia afectó significativamente la satisfacción. También se determinó que la satisfacción tenía un efecto positivo en la intención de volver a visitar. Además, las experiencias memorables y la nostalgia tuvieron efectos indirectos en la satisfacción y la intención de volver a visitar un país anfitrión en un futuro próximo.
Originalidad/valor
Los hallazgos de este estudio contribuyen a la literatura existente sobre la experiencia de los estudiantes de intercambio internacional y proporcionan a los vendedores de turismo estrategias para alentarlos a volver a visitar un país anfitrión.
China is an extremely complex and "insider-controlled" market for foreign businesses. This study offers a yin-yang balancing perspective o f international exchange relationships in China. The authors ...investigate how "relational gatekeepers" play a key role in achieving a dynamic balance between Western companies and local partners in international exchange relationships. In-depth interviews are conducted with 41 business managers based in China, Australia, and New Zealand. Guided by the yin-yang balancing frame, the authors develop four key constructs of relational gatekeeping: the gatekeeper resources of mianzi (insider status) and renqing (insider favor) and the gatekeeper capabilities of zao shi (creating favorable momentum) and ying shi (leveraging favorable momentum). The yin-yang frame provides a process view of business relationships that accepts paradoxical conditions and embraces dynamic network momentum, resources, and capabilities. The study concludes by showing the theoretical implications for network theory and for the field of dynamic balancing and suggests the managerial implications for an international company aiming to engage relational gatekeepers to break into insider (guanxi)-controlled local business networks.
Medical education has drastically transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures such as adopting telemedicine visits, minimizing the number of trainees on service, discontinuing external ...rotations, and converting in-person to online didactics have been broadly and swiftly implemented. While these innovations have promoted greater interconnectivity amongst institutions and made continuing medical education possible, international exchange programs in medical education are still largely disrupted. In response to the changing guidelines and restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors used Kern’s six-step approach to design and implement a virtual curriculum to replace the in-person activities of the 2020–2021 Neurology Peru-Rochester exchange program (NeuroPro). Twenty-seven trainees participated in this virtual adaptation. The average daily attendance was ≥85% and the program was rated 9/10 on average in a feedback survey (63% response rate). The median percentage of correct answers during the pre-test was 64% and it increased to 79% during the post-test (P = 0.003). Virtual adaptation of international exchange programs in medical education is feasible to safely continue international collaborative efforts to promote symbiotic building of local expertise and cross-cultural exchange during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
The present study examined the well-being and the emotional experience of Chilean university students after participating in an international exchange programme and the association between these ...factors and the underlying discontents of Chilean society. We sought to determine the extent to which the participants' evaluation of their student exchange experience predicted their opinion of Chile. We employed a quantitative methodology with a descriptive and correlational design. The participants were 243 Chilean students who taken part in an exchange programme between 2014 and 2018 in 13 countries. Regression analyses showed that subjective experiences in Chile had a stronger predictive value for evaluating the country's situation than subjective experiences developed abroad. This shows that, unlike Jemmy Button, the participating students were not as deeply shocked by their time abroad; rather, their deep-seated dissatisfaction with Chilean society is determined by their experiences in Chile and by a prior, permanent colonial domination that has entered the country through various paths.
