ERIC Number: EJ1117085
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5930
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Impact on Intercultural Competence When Studying Abroad and the Moderating Role of Personality
Journal of Teaching in International Business, v27 n2-3 p88-105 2016
The purpose of this study is to assess how studying abroad impacts the development of intercultural competence and the moderating role of student's personality. This research uses a pre-post design with a sample of 264 undergraduate students from four Colombian universities; it includes a group of students who participated in a one semester study-abroad program and a control group who did not travel. The average level of increase in intercultural competence for the students who went abroad was 0.511 standard deviations above the average of those who had not studied abroad. The results from hierarchical linear regression did not yield any evidence that supports the moderating effects of the personality factors on the relation between study abroad and intercultural competence.
Descriptors: Intercultural Programs, Interpersonal Competence, Study Abroad, Personality, Personality Development, Undergraduate Students, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Extraversion Introversion, Student Participation, Predictor Variables, Factor Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Foreign Countries, Personality Measures, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: NEO Five Factor Inventory
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