Measuring international posture at an internationalised university in Barcelona: an exploration of gender, language, and educational and intercultural trajectories

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• dc.contributor.author Pastena, Andreana
• dc.contributor.author Trenchs i Parera, Mireia
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-20T10:47:54Z
• dc.date.available 2025-01-20T10:47:54Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description.abstract This study investigates local first-year undergraduates’ international posture (Yashima, Citation2002, Citation2009) when starting studies at an internationalised university in the multicultural and multilingual context of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). We aimed, first, to explore the configuration of the international posture measurement model (Yashima, Citation2009) in a European university and to contrast it with Yashima’s (Citation2009) model developed in Japan. Second, we aimed to investigate what individual variables interact with students’ degree of international posture. Five hundred and two students answered two questionnaires covering their background profile and Yashima’s international posture scale. Factor analyses and descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Our analysis resulted in three sub-scales with a total of 14 items, in contrast to Yashima’s original 20 items structured into four sub-scales. Higher scores were reported for questionnaire items focused on intergroup relationships in local contexts rather than interactions abroad. Regarding individual variables, being a female and having intercultural friendships emerged as the most predictive factors. In contrast, individual plurilingualism, readiness to move within the country for university studies, and choosing a degree with a high proportion of English-medium instruction only partially predicted undergraduates’ high international posture in this European higher education context.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by Spain’s Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Agencia Estatal de Investigación and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional under Grant UE-PGC2018-098815-B-I00 during data collection and analysis and Grant PID2022-141945NB-I00 during article preparation. The funding source was not involved in the decision of submitting this article.
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• dc.identifier.citation Pastena A, Trenchs-Parera M. Measuring international posture at an internationalised university in Barcelona: an exploration of gender, language, and educational and intercultural trajectories. International Journal of Multilingualism. 2024. 19 p. DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2024.2434646
• dc.identifier.doi https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2024.2434646
• dc.identifier.issn 1479-0718
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69192
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2022-141945NB-I00
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/UE-PGC2018-098815-B-I00
• dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on whichthis article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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• dc.subject.keyword International posture
• dc.subject.keyword Higher education
• dc.subject.keyword Measurement validation
• dc.subject.keyword Gender
• dc.subject.keyword Plurilingualism
• dc.subject.keyword English-medium instruction
• dc.title Measuring international posture at an internationalised university in Barcelona: an exploration of gender, language, and educational and intercultural trajectories
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