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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Cross-cultural orientation"”.
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Assessing cross-cultural competence: evaluating the psychometric properties and the nomological network of a modified version of the cultural intelligence scale
… in or from an unfamiliar culture requires cross-cultural competence and adaptability. The Cultural Intelligence Scale (Ang et al., 2007) is designed to measure an individual’s ability to adapt in a culturally unfamiliar environment. Studies using the CQS have mixed results regarding its …
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Validation of Goals for Pre-Departure Missionary Orientation
<p>Problem</p> <p>Cross-cultural orientation programs facilitate missionary preparedness. Orientation is more effective if driven by valid and suitable goals determined before methods are selected and programs implemented. This study attempted to identify valid goals for pre-departure programs and …
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Practitioners' insights on intercultural predeparture training : design and practices
… when creating a two-day predeparture intercultural training (ICT) specifically for Americans departing for at least a one-year international assignment. This study reports data gathered by using a web-based survey that was completed by 25 practitioners from the intercultural communication …
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Reassessing the cultural distance between China and the United States as perceived by students from the Sino-American 1+2+1 dual degree program
… validity of those Chinese and American cultural characteristics, such as practices and values, historically understood as defining cultural differences. Using Babiker's Cultural Distance Index (Babiker, Cox, & Miller, 1980) questionnaire (an institutionally established instrument since …
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An exploration of the role of intercultural training in developing intercultural competency among exchange students : a case study of rotary youth exchange
… to investigate the role of predeparture intercultural training in preparing students to study abroad so that they 5 positively integrate their experience to become interculturally competent people. The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES) along with an intercultural background survey were …
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Achieving intercultural knowledge through global awareness programming at liberal arts college
… programming as a tool for increasing intercultural knowledge at a liberal arts college. The study asked the following question: do internationally themed campus-wide events increase student interest in, and appreciation of, difference?</p> <p>Students in this study were involved in two …
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Intercultural development in global service-learning
… global service-learning program in the intercultural development of a group of students. The students under consideration herein participated in the 2009 program year of the Grace University EDGE Program, which took place in Mali, West Africa.</p> <p>The present research builds on and …
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Toward intercultural competence : intercultural training for Japanese students in the United States
… can help Japanese students develop intercultural competence through predeparture and ongoing intercultural training so as to improve their capacity to adapt effectively to American cultural norms. The ultimate purpose of this thesis project was to help Japanese students who were studying …