Cultural Diversity in Online Collaborative Learning Environments: Chinese Students’ Emotion Management in Online Group Work

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Abstract

The current study examines empirical models of emotion management in online groupwork in China. Student- and group-level predictors of emotion management in groupwork were analyzed based on the data 307 undergraduate students from 80 online groups. Results from the multilevel analyses revealed that most of the variance in emotion management occurred at the student level, with feedback and learning-oriented reasons being the two significant predictors at the group level. Results further revealed that emotion management in groupwork was positively related to monitoring motivation, learning-oriented reasons, feedback, peer-oriented reasons, arranging the environment, and the number of previous online courses taken. These findings suggest that cultural differences play an important role in students' emotion management in online groupwork.

Authors

• Xitao Fan, University of Macau

• Jianzhong Xu, Mississippi State University

• Jianxia Du, University of Macau

• Ruiping Yuan, Mississippi State University

• Huashan Zhu, Admission and Examination Authority