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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Intercultural training"”.
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Intercultural training for international placements
Despite its increasing popularity, much intercultural training is not developed with the same level of rigour as training in other areas. Further, research on intercultural training has brought inconsistent results about the effectiveness of such training. This PhD thesis develops a rigorous model …
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Design and evalutation of an intercultural training program : impacts on student development
<p>The following study evaluates the impacts intercultural training has on student development of global perspective and of intercultural competence, on social support networks of international students, and on internationalization goals at a community college in Southern California. Data reveals …
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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 …
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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
… 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 …
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Intercultural intervention in a U.S. corporate internship program for college graduates from Rwanda: An exploratory study
<p>This exploratory study examines the impact of intercultural training as part of an international corporate internship program in the United States for college graduates from Rwanda. This is a mixed-method study using quantitative and qualitative data collected before, at completion, and one year …
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Evaluation of KnowledgeWorkx's cultural mapping and navigation assessment : a cultural self-awareness instrument
… Assessment (CMN) in order to evaluate it as an intercultural training tool. This instrument was designed by KnowledgeWorkx's multicultural team to assist people in understanding cultural dimensions and developing cultural self-awareness, which are foundational to a person developing …
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Intercultural communication in healthcare interpreting : an exploration of possibilities
… of how healthcare interpreters utilize intercultural communication skills as they interact with cultural differences in their work. I will review the literature on healthcare interpreting, including provision laws, standards, codes of ethics, paradigms, and roles. I will focus on …
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Cultural dissonance as a risk factor in the construction of megaprojects : the experience of western consultants working in the Gulf Cooperation Council
… professional culture, acculturation, and intercultural training. Overall, the findings indicate that cultural dissonance is a significant risk factor in GCC megaprojects' execution. The more significant findings include how social differences are less of a risk for project directors, …
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Re-entry training and education for returning sojourner undergraduates of French grandes écoles
… design and delivery of a comprehensive re-entry training program which has been implemented to meet the needs of returning French engineering grande ecole undergraduate sojourners.</p> <p>With particular attention to the historical and specific character of a grande ecole's interdependent …
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Practitioners' insights on intercultural predeparture training : design and practices
… theories, models, assessments tools, and other training practices that are currently considered 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 …
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Skilled Immigrants in the Workplace: Perceptions of Inclusion in a Canadian Energy Company
… to support relationships amongst employees, intercultural training and support for internationally educated professionals and Canadian colleagues including leaders, and talent management that would result in more cultural diversity at the senior leadership levels of the company.</p>
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Educating for the future : a critical discourse analysis of the field of intercultural business communication
… academic field of enquiry called Intercultural Business Communication as it is pursued in the context of the Germany higher education system. Its purpose is twofold: Firstly, it attempts to bring to light and debate the actual validity claims made by these authors in respect to …
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Educating for the future: a critical discourse analysis of the academic field of intercultural business communication
… academic field of enquiry called Intercultural Business Communication as it is pursued in the context of the Germany higher education system. Its purpose is twofold: Firstly, it attempts to bring to light and debate the actual validity claims made by these authors in respect to …
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An intercultural teambuilding training program designed for a corporate multicultural team in the U.S. and Germany
… evaluation, and discussion of a series of four intercultural team building pilot workshops appropriate for multicultural teams in the context of international corporations. The target audience of the workshops was an Information Technology (IT) team of a Fortune 500 company in the United States. …