Training issues in cross-cultural orientation

Martin, Judith N.

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“…Among scholars, there is a large discussion on what intercultural sensitivity means, implies and embraces [12]- [14]. The work of Bennett and others [15]- [18] provides a wealth of literature on intercultural sensitivity and its historical development.…”

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Predictive Factors of Freshmen’s Intercultural Sensitivity

Chocce¹,

Johnson²,

Yossatorn³

2015

IJIET

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The research objective of this study was to investigate gender, nationality, field of study, foreign language abilities, international travels, study abroad and foreign friends as predictive factors of intercultural sensitivity of freshmen from an international college in Bangkok, Thailand. The sample was 209 first-year undergraduate students. The sampling method was convenience sampling. The research instrument consisted of a demographic questionnaire and the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). The results of Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis showed that nationality and having international friends were the predictive factors of intercultural sensitivity for the study sample. The other variables, namely, gender, field of study, foreign language abilities, international travels, and study abroad did not contribute significantly to the multiple regression models.

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Predictive Factors of Freshmen’s Intercultural Sensitivity

Chocce¹,

Johnson²,

Yossatorn³

2015

IJIET

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“…The models The acculturation model The theory of acculturation represented in the first model (Figure 2) also addresses some essential issues that have been brought up by intercultural trainers. For example, Martin (1986) regrets the lack of conceptual clarity about what constitutes cross-cultural orientation and which outcomes should be considered. In response to this, the model offers a basic distinction between psychological and sociocultural adjustments and suggests that adjustment outcomes can be integrated with training objectives.…”

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“…For example, Martin (1986) regrets the lack of conceptual clarity about what constitutes cross-cultural orientation and which outcomes should be considered. In response to this, the model offers a basic distinction between psychological and sociocultural adjustments and suggests that adjustment outcomes can be integrated with training objectives.…”

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The effects of cross‐cultural training on the acculturation process of the global workforce

Zakaria

2000

International Journal of Manpower

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2005),"Cross-cultural training to facilitate expatriate adjustment: it works!", Personnel Review, Vol. 34 Iss 1 pp. 51-67 http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.Abstract Cross-cultural training is fast becoming a recognizably important component in the world of international business. This paper discusses the effectiveness of cross-cultural training in facilitating the process of acculturation, and in developing the culture-specific and culture-general skills needed to increase the sociocultural and psychological adjustments of sojourners and expatriates when they encounter a foreign culture. A new cross-cultural training model is created by integrating acculturation and training effectiveness models. This new model suggests that providing two different types of training program prior to cultural contact will help recipients to effectively modify existing culture-general and culture-specific skills. As a consequence, they will achieve a higher degree of sociocultural and psychological adjustment. Experiential training should trigger affective and behavioral responses, which are the basis of intercultural effectiveness skills, and thus enhance psychological adjustment. By contrast, cognitive training should trigger cognitive responses, especially cultural awareness and interpersonal skills, and enhance sociocultural adjustment.The globalization of markets, increased diversity of the workforce, and use of Third World nationals by transnational organizations have made issues of training important in the remainder of this decade (Bhagat and Prien, p. 216).Globalization and aggressive foreign direct investment, combined with domestic restructuring, have dramatically changed the workforce of many companies. As the world gets``smaller'', more and more people are spending time living and working away from their home country, giving rise to greater face-to-face contact among people from very different cultural background (Brislin, 1981). Globalization not only requires the adoption of a cross-cultural perspective in order to successfully accomplish goals in the context of global economy; but also needs a new and higher standard of selection, training, and motivation of people (Bhagat and Prien, 1996). As a result, cross-cul...

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“…Other researchers argue that additional factors may influence or even override more temporal considerations as suggested by U-curve and W-curve hypothesis proponents: attitudinal, personal (Adier, 1981(Adier, , 1986, situational factors (Kim, 1988;Rohrlich & Martin, 1991) and the type of relationship under consideration (Martin, 1984(Martin, , 1986.…”

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Training issues in cross-cultural orientation

Cited by 20 publications

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Predictive Factors of Freshmen’s Intercultural Sensitivity

Predictive Factors of Freshmen’s Intercultural Sensitivity

The effects of cross‐cultural training on the acculturation process of the global workforce

Reentry: procedures and strategies necessary to achieve greater capitalization of human assets in international business repatriation

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