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This study explored the relationship between acculturation level and vocational identity among 112 graduate and undergraduate Taiwanese international students attending two midwestern universities. The results revealed that Taiwanese international students who were older and who had a shorter length of U.S. residency were more likely to identify themselves as Asian. The results also indicated that Taiwanese international students who were older and who had a lower acculturation level had higher vocational identity.
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Shih, SF., Brown, C. Taiwanese International Students: Acculturation Level and Vocational Identity. Journal of Career Development 27, 35–47 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007796509562
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