Relationship between Predictors of Intercultural Communication Competence and Multicultural Identity

IF 0.7 Q3 COMMUNICATION
Kavitha Balakrishnan, Ajitha Angusamy, Madhubala Bava Harji
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Multiculturalism has always been an integral part and aspect of Malaysian culture, with its ethnic complexities. Multicultural identity is a significant predictive factor in assessing intercultural communication competence. Cultural competencies are essential in today’s businesses. This research is a systematic attempt to look into the antecedents of these constructs in Malaysian educational contexts given the growing importance of educators’ involvement in society's integration. Multicultural factors complement Intercultural communication skills, and this has an impact on the development and effectiveness of organisations/institutions as well as success and performance at work. These attributes are surprisingly underrated in their careers. The role of multicultural identity in determining intercultural communication competency is addressed using Amiot et al. (2007) and Barrett et al. (2013) indicators, respectively, using the structural equation modelling. Therefore, 350 respondents were chosen via the purposeful sampling method by employing a self-administered survey. The findings asserted the importance of cultural competency of educators, especially in settings where both students and faculty members come from different cultural backgrounds. The results supported the hypothesis that the endogenous construct of intercultural communication competence can be used to predict multicultural identity. Any multiracial organisation or institution can replicate the factors and instruments used in this study. By identifying the predicted factors, the research has significantly contributed to controlling and optimising the communication performance of ethnically diverse organisations. Keywords: Multiculturalism, identity, intercultural communication competence, ethnicity, integration.
跨文化交际能力预测因子与多元文化认同的关系
多元文化主义一直是马来西亚文化的一个组成部分和方面,具有种族复杂性。多元文化认同是评估跨文化交际能力的重要预测因素。在当今的企业中,文化能力是必不可少的。鉴于教育工作者参与社会融合的重要性日益增加,这项研究是一个系统的尝试,以研究这些结构在马来西亚教育背景下的先例。多元文化因素补充了跨文化沟通技巧,这对组织/机构的发展和有效性以及工作中的成功和表现都有影响。这些特质在他们的职业生涯中被惊人地低估了。多元文化认同在决定跨文化交际能力中的作用分别使用Amiot等人(2007)和Barrett等人(2013)指标,使用结构方程模型来解决。因此,通过有目的的抽样方法,采用自我管理的调查,选择了350名受访者。研究结果强调了教育工作者文化能力的重要性,特别是在学生和教师都来自不同文化背景的情况下。研究结果支持了跨文化交际能力内生结构可用于预测多元文化认同的假设。任何多种族组织或机构都可以复制本研究中使用的因素和工具。通过识别预测因素,该研究对控制和优化种族多元化组织的沟通绩效做出了重大贡献。关键词:多元文化;认同;跨文化交际能力;
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期刊介绍: All scholars are invited to submit manuscripts to Jurnal Komunikasi, Malaysian Journal of Communication. This journal provides a forum for empirical inquiries on human and mass communication and welcome conceptual, philosophical and theoretical essays or debates, book reviews and essay reviews directly contributing to communication or indirectly affecting it as a discipline. We suggest the following broad areas of research: -Communication and Policies -Globalization and Social Impact -Youth and Media Globalisation -Audience Analysis -Media, Democracy and Integration -Media Literacy and Media Education -Media and Development -Health Communication -Politics, Hegemony and the Media -ICT and Power -Gender and Sexuality in The Media -Social Media and Subcultures -Media, Popular Culture and Society -Media and Religion -Media and Identity -War, Conflict and Crisis Communication -Strategic Communication and Information Management
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