Socialization as sensemaking: a semiotic analysis of international graduate students' narratives in the USA (original) (raw)

Studies in Higher Education, 2013

Abstract

Drawing on the data from interviews with 32 international students, this qualitative study applies Weick's framework of organizational sensemaking to the analysis of international graduate students' socialization in the academic and student communities in a large US university. Methodologically, the analysis relies on a semiotic chain technique to uncover direct and connotative meanings of academic departments and student communities in

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