A Comparative Perspective of Intercultural Sensitivity Between College Students and Multinational Employees in China

Shi-yong, Peng

doi:10.1207/s15327892mcp0803_7

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“…The aim of the improvement is of course to produce students with high intercultural sensitivity which will enable them to interact well in their future intercultural interaction. Research suggests that people whose intercultural sensitivity is high tend to involve well in intercultural communication (Peng, 2006). Some programs such as internship experience which involves people from any cultures and English language activity via internet with English speakers from other cultures will help to increase the participants' IS.…”

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The Role of Teacher’s Cultural Exposure on Indonesian Efl Learners’ Intercultural Sensitivity

Siregar

2012

LiNGUA J.

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A number of researchers argue that attaining intercultural communicative competence (ICC) should become the goal of every EFL and ESL learners (Bryam, 1997, andAlptekin, 2002). Shin (2010) states that helping the learners to develop their intercultural sensitivity (IS) can be a starting point for improving their ICC in English. Besides, teachers' cultural exposure might play an important role to develop learners' IS. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the role of teachers' cultural exposures on intercultural sensitivity of EFL students. The participants of the study are 160 Indonesian EFL learners who are studying English at either English department or D3 English programme at Maranatha Christian University. In order to gather data needed, the present study employed a semi-structured interview and a questionnaire containing 12 questions about teacher's cultural exposures and 24 questions taken from the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS) which was formulated by G. M. Chen and Starosta (2000). Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and a Pearson Product-Moment Correlation analysis were used to answer the questions raised in the study. The findings of the study revealed that the participants had a moderate intercultural sensitivity level and received more exposures of native English speakers' cultures than exposures of non-native English speaker's and Indonesian cultures from their teachers. There was also no correlation found between the intercultural sensitivity level of the participants and teachers' cultural exposures. The positive correlation was only shown in the correlation between teachers' cultural exposures and a variable of IS which is participants' interaction engagement.

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The Role of Teacher’s Cultural Exposure on Indonesian Efl Learners’ Intercultural Sensitivity

Siregar

2012

LiNGUA J.

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“…An example of the indicator is, "I enjoy interacting with people from different cultures". Acceptable validity of ISS over its five dimensions was proves by studies (sees, Fritz, Mollenberg & Chen, 2002;Peng, 2006;Yu & Chen, 2008) tested in various cultural group namely American, German and Chinese.…”

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Intercultural Sensitivity and Cross-cultural Adjustment among Malaysian Students Abroad

Awang-Rozaimie

Amelia

Aiza

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JESR

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“…Chena nd Starosta's scale has been employed in an umber of studies, such as Peng, Rangsipaht, and Thaipakdee (2005), Peng (2006), Dong,Day, and Collaco (2008), Chen( 2002), Fritz, Graf, Hentze, Mollenberg,a nd Chen (2005) and Tamam (2010). In ar ecently publisheda rticle using the same data-seta st he present analysis (Tamam, 2010), Chenand Starosta's scale was found applicable in the Malaysian context but with amodification to the factor structure of the scale.…”

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Ethnic-related diversity engagement differences in intercultural sensitivity among Malaysian undergraduate students

Tamam

Krauss

2014

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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This survey examines the association of ethnic-related diversity engagement with three interrelated dimensions of intercultural sensitivity among students in ap ublic university with am ulti-ethnic, multi-religious student population. At otal of 447 respondents provided the data for analysis. Using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), the findings suggest that the level of intercultural sensitivity among students is positively associated with students' level of ethnic-related diversity engagement, and that ethnic-related diversity engagement relates differentially to interaction attentiveness, interaction openness and interaction confidence dimensions of intercultural sensitivity. In summary, the findings add to the literature by clarifying the strength of the relationship of ethnic-related diversity engagement and dimensions of intercultural sensitivity. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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A Comparative Perspective of Intercultural Sensitivity Between College Students and Multinational Employees in China

Cited by 50 publications

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The Role of Teacher’s Cultural Exposure on Indonesian Efl Learners’ Intercultural Sensitivity

The Role of Teacher’s Cultural Exposure on Indonesian Efl Learners’ Intercultural Sensitivity

Intercultural Sensitivity and Cross-cultural Adjustment among Malaysian Students Abroad

Ethnic-related diversity engagement differences in intercultural sensitivity among Malaysian undergraduate students

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