“…Consequently, "doctoral programs differ between countries, institutions, and disciplines in terms of their structure, development process and taught element" (Janta, Lugosi, & Brown, 2014, p. 553). The international students, in this perspective, struggle to accommodate themselves in another cultural setting that is not consistent with their own culture (Alloh, Tait, & Taylor, 2018;Khanal & Gaulee, 2019). Lea and Rice (2007) argued that "these difficulties run from students being ignored to verbal insults and confrontation" (p. 405).…”