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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Main Author: Tamam, Ezhar
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Published: World Communication Association 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/1/Examining%20Chen%20and%20Starosta.pdf
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description 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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spelling upm-146292016-01-15T08:57:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/ Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country. Tamam, Ezhar 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. World Communication Association 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/1/Examining%20Chen%20and%20Starosta.pdf Tamam, Ezhar (2010) Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 39 (3). pp. 173-183. ISSN 1747-5759 http://www.tandfonline.com 10.1080/17475759.2010.534860 English
spellingShingle Tamam, Ezhar
Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
title Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
title_full Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
title_fullStr Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
title_full_unstemmed Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
title_short Examining Chen and Starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
title_sort examining chen and starosta’s model of intercultural sensitivity in a multiracial collectivistic country.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14629/1/Examining%20Chen%20and%20Starosta.pdf