Intercultural Competencies in Graduate Students of a Private University in Lima

Autor/inn/en	Orozco-Vargas, Paola Gissella; Diaz, Carlos Mario Fernandez; Arenas, Raul Delgado; Perez, Miguel Angel Perez; Chota, Robert Manguinuri; Ramirez-Villacorta, Yolanda
Titel	Intercultural Competencies in Graduate Students of a Private University in Lima
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 9 (2020) 9, S.59-70 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Cultural Awareness; Private Colleges; Masters Programs; Cultural Differences; Competence; Gender Differences; Student Attitudes; Diversity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Privathochschule; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Kultureller Unterschied; Kompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Over the years, the importance of good relationships to carry out healthy teamwork in our diverse land has become evident in the world. Putting on the table the importance of having suitable intercultural skills for the realization of these. In this framework, the purpose of the study was to know the level of intercultural competences of graduate students from a private university in Lima, from a non-experimental quantitative approach with a simple descriptive scope. The population was 1000 students and the samples were made up of 296 master's students. The instrument was a questionnaire of intercultural competences. It was found as results that 36.0% have very adequate intercultural competences and the predominant dimension was intercultural sensitivity, presenting a very adequate level of 83.0% with a predominance of (Wald = 16.842) compared to the other Intercultural Awareness dimensions with (Wald = 9.654) and rejecting the general hypothesis that proposed the intercultural ability which obtained (Wald = 7.432). Concluding that, from this study, strategies should be generated that strengthen the development of intercultural competences with emphasis on its most lacking indicators in master students because they are primarily responsible for guiding the training of future professionals in all areas. (As Provided).
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