Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
This study examines the applicability of Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in Malaysian culture using university student samples. A total of 447 randomly selected undergraduate students of a multicultural public university completed self-administered questionnaires. The study c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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World Communication Association
2010
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/1/Examining%20Chen%20and%20Starosta.pdf |
| Summary: | This study examines the applicability of Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in Malaysian culture using university student samples. A total of 447
randomly selected undergraduate students of a multicultural public university completed self-administered questionnaires. The study could not reproduce the five-factor structure formulated by Chen and Starosta. Instead, a three-factor structure (interaction
attentiveness and respect, interaction openness, and interaction confidence) is devised from 21 items of Chen and Starosta’s instrument for further theoretical and
measurement validation. |
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