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

Autor/in	Peng, Shi-Yong
Titel	A Comparative Perspective of Intercultural Sensitivity between College Students and Multinational Employees in China
Quelle	In: Multicultural Perspectives, 8 (2006) 3, S.38-45 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0960
Schlagwörter	Employees; Intercultural Communication; Interaction; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; College Students; Higher Education; English Curriculum; English Departments; Communicative Competence (Languages); Chinese; Regression (Statistics); China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Interaktion; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; China; Chinesen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Using the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale formulated by G. M. Chen and Starosta, the intercultural sensitivity of English major students, non-English major students, and multinational employees in China were investigated. In this study, intercultural sensitivity was defined as consisting of interaction engagement, interaction confidence, respect for cultural differences, interaction enjoyment, and interaction attentiveness. The focus of this research was to explore how intercultural sensitivity was structured among subjects of different English learning and intercultural communication experience. A series of results generated by multiple regressions showed different weightings of the 5 elements of intercultural sensitivity of the 3 subsamples. For example, respect for cultural differences for English major students was affected by interaction engagement and enjoyment, whereas for multinational employees it was only affected by interaction enjoyment. The study also found that English major students felt interaction enjoyment more easily than non-English major students and multinational employees. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10