“Internationalization” as a resource of human capital development: preliminary results of a proposed model
Internationalization is a potential sustainable Muslim resource for human capital development. The word “internationalizaton” impresses everyone irrespective of one’s personal or institution’s efforts to align with the idealized internationalization or a few defined by referent organizations. The...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22666/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22666/1/%E2%80%9CInternationalization%E2%80%9D_as_a_Resource_of_Human_Capital_Development.pdf |
| Summary: | Internationalization is a potential sustainable Muslim resource for human capital development. The
word “internationalizaton” impresses everyone irrespective of one’s personal or institution’s efforts to
align with the idealized internationalization or a few defined by referent organizations. The paper aims to
(a) trace the origin of the word and concept of “internationalization” within available literature in English,
(b) reconcile between the literature definitions with the usage of the word and concept among selected
international organizations, especialy Muslim-controlled and Islamic oriented tertiary institutions, and (c)
suggest whether the hybrid concept of internationalization match strategically with the spirit of Kalima
Shahada, the very foundation of Islamic belief, which embraces the entire mankind. The proposed study
is believed to be significant because it attempts to ascertain the degree of consonance or otherwise that
might exist between the two concepts – internationalization and the spirit of Kalima Shahada, and project
a pattern of responses that might be expected from the Muslim organizations and nations towards the
concept of “internationalization” in its various forms. The study used textual analysis to develop a model
of internationalization which reflects the kalima shahadah. It then tested the proposed model with the
independant raters (n=78). The authors consolidated the components in the literature and practice to
propose five connections that reflect the status of being “international”. However, the results confirm only
three out of five proposed connections. |
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