The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence brings together in one volume the leading experts and scholars from a variety of fields (e.g., education, communication, psychology, social work, health care, conflict studies, etc.) and from around the world who do work in intercultural competence (defined as appropriate and effective communication, as well as behavior, in intercultural situations). Given the current and future focus on global workforce development, and on globalization in general, this Handbook examines the skills, attitudes,and knowledge needed in our ever diverse world. INDICE: PART I. CONCEPTUALIZING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE / ConceptualizingIntercultural Competence / The Identity Factor in Intercultural Competence / The Interculturally Competent Leader / The Moral Circle in Intercultural Competence: Trust Across Cultures / Intercultural Conflict Competence as a Facet ofIntercultural Competence Development: Multiple Conceptual Approaches / Cultivating Intercultural Competence: A Process Perspective / Developing Globally Competent Citizens: The Contrasting Cases of the United States and Vietnam / Understanding Africans' Conceptualizations of Intercultural Competence / An Associative Approach to Intercultural Communication Competence in the Arab World / A Chinese Model of Intercultural Leadership Competence / Intercultural Competence in German Discourse / India: A Cross-Cultural Overview of Intercultural Competence / Interculturality versus Intercultural Competence in Latin America /Synthesizing Conceptualizations of Intercultural Competence: A Summary of Emerging Themes / PART II. APPLYING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE / Passing It On: Intercultural Competence in the Training Arena / Leading Global Projects: Bridging the Cultural and Functional-Divide / Developing the Intercultural Competenceof Educators and Their Students: Creating the Blueprints / The Intercultural Speaker and the Pedagogy of Foreign Langauge Education / Cultural Mentoring: International Education Professionals and the Development of Intercultural Competence / Culturally Competent Practice in Social Work / Global Competence for Engineers / Neither Jew nor Gentile: Lessons About Intercultural Competence inReligious Organizations / Developing Skills for Interculturally Competent Care / PART III. ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH IN INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE / Methodological Issues in Researching Intercultural Competence / Applying Theory and Research: The Evolution of Intercultural Competence in U.S. Study Abroad / Research Application: Towards a General Framework of Competence for Today's Global Village / Assessing Intercultural Competence: Issues and Tools / Implementing Intercultural Comopetence Assessment / The Real Cost of Intercultural Competence: An Epilogue
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-6045-8
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 560
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés