Developing the Intercultural Competence of Algerian University Students through Virtual Intercultural Exchanges

Developing Intercultural Competence by Participating In Intensive Intercultural Service-Learning

This quasi-experimental study investigates the effects of an intensive intercultural service-learning program on the intercultural competence of undergraduate students by utilizing preand post-course assessments of intercultural competence as measured by the cultural intelligence (Van Dyne, Koh, & Ang, 2008) and intercultural sensitivity (Chen & Starosta, 2000) scales. The intercultural service...

Internationalisation, intercultural communication and intercultural competence

This article assumes that the internationalization of higher education demands more elaborate pedagogical approaches to utilise the experiences of multiethnic student groups and to facilitate every student’s acquisition of intercultural competencies. Drawing from three internationalisation ideologies embedded in the educational discourse, it is argued that intercultural communication – as a fie...

Intercultural Differences in Suggestibility amongst University Students

Utilizing the Intercultural Development Inventory® to develop intercultural competence

PURPOSE Health care professional education programs in the United States have been charged to devise strategies to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce (Health Resources and Services Administration, Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/grants/nwd.html, 2014). The purpose of this charge is to develop a healthcare workforce that can better provide cu...

Developing Intercultural Skills for Business Students

Intercultural skills have been increasingly important to business graduates operating in global economies. This paper evaluates the adaptation of the ExcelL Intercultural Skills Program to an international human resource management course, and examines the effectiveness of integrating case study methods with the skills-based ExcelL program. The primary purpose of the study was to assess the use...