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Impact of stays abroad on the intercultural competence of students

  • Aims: This study examines the relationship between the time, students spent abroad, personality traits and circumstances during this time with the student’s intercultural competence and integration performance in the target culture. Design and sample: The study had a correlative cross-sectional design. 202 academic subjects were surveyed. The average age was 22 years. There was one measuring time, to which 58 % of the participants stated that they have had a stay abroad. Measurements: Metacognitive, cognitive, motivational and behavioural intercultural competence were measured with the Cultural Intelligence Scale. The personality traits involvement, discipline, social competence, cooperation, dominance and stability were captured with the "Bochum inventory for job-related personality description-6F". Work-related attitudes as patterns of behaviour and experience were measured using the "Work-related Behaviour and Experiencing Pattern 44" (Geman: Arbeitsbezogene Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster; AVEM). In addition, the demographic factors and characteristics of stays abroad as well as the integration into the target culture based on the Sociocultural Adaption Scale were examined. The data was tested for relationships and differences by tests for mean differences, variance and regression analyses. Results: There was a positive correlation between duration and cognitive, motivational and behavioural intercultural competence. The motivational competence is higher in subjects who have no risk pattern in the AVEM. The different types of competence influence each other at diverse times. Moreover, the suggested structural equation model could be confirmed. This showed the effect of the AVEM pattern on intercultural competence, moderated by the stay abroad and the social competence.

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Author:Henrik Schreiber, Petia GenkovaORCiD
Title (English):Impact of stays abroad on the intercultural competence of students
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:959-opus-17241
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of Completion:2020
Release Date:2020/09/17
Page Number:1
Note:
IFKAD International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics 2020, University of Basilicata Matera, Italy, 9-11 September 2020
Faculties:Fakultät WiSo
DDC classes:100 Philosophie und Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Review Status:Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion