The aim of this study was to determine the factor structure Chen and Starost’s self-descriptive scale intercultural sensitivity. applied based on self-assessments 24attitudes with a five-point Likert scale. A group examination performed 621 students in final grades primary school. Factor analysis isolated five factors that include students’ sensitivity: interaction enjoyment, confidence, attent...

Objectives To determine how to enhance integration of minority students in health education, and thereby improve intercultural communication skills and cultural sensitivity in a sample of health teacher students in Norway. Methods After a group-work intervention and for a period of six months afterwards we followed an "action research" approach and observed 47 health teachers-in-training in t...

Global leadership development has received increased attention in recent years from practitioners and researchers. Drawing from global mindset, constructive development, and intercultural sensitivity literatures, this article proposes a model for developing global leaders. While developmental activities are challenging for most individuals, it is proposed that training domestic leaders to devel...

Hospitality organizations which are increasingly operating internationally create real challenges for their employees and managers to interact and effectively work with people from different cultural environments. Many problems may relate to intercultural communication between managers and employees as well as between employees and hotel guests from different cultural backgrounds. Therefore, th...

This chapter evaluates the potential of virtual worlds for intercultural collaborative learning. A case study of a global lecture series is presented that used a virtual world as a platform for intercultural student collaboration. Students’ subjective reports served as a basis for exploring cross-cultural differences in the perceived usefulness of virtual worlds for intercultural collaboration,...

The aim of this descriptive study was to determine the intercultural sensitivity levels nursing students. universe consisted all students (n=811) studying in department a University's health sciences faculty 2019-2020 spring semester. All (n=360) who agreed participate without sampling were included sample. Data collected with "Student Descriptive Information Form" and "Intercultural Sensitivit...