Predicting interethnic bridging social capital in youth ethnic-diversity engagement: the role of interethnic interaction and intercultural sensitivity

• Main Authors: Tamam, Ezhar, Hashmi, Madiha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34986/1/Predicting%20interethnic%20bridging%20social%20capital%20in%20youth%20ethnic-diversity%20engagement%20the%20role%20of%20interethnic%20interaction%20and%20intercultural%20sensitivity.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34986/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02673843.2015.1024697
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In this study, the authors examined the relationships between interethnic interaction, intercultural sensitivity and interethnic bridging social capital among students of different ethnicities at a Malaysian public university. Results of the regression analysis on data from 447 self-administered questionnaires revealed that while interethnic interaction and intercultural sensitivity are significantly correlated with interethnic bridging social capital at the bivariate level, only intercultural sensitivity has a direct relationship and significantly predicts interethnic bridging social capital. The finding underscores the role of intercultural sensitivity on interethnic bridging social capital development through ethnic diversity engagement.