tailieunhanh - Practical Applications and Recommendations Global Reality_11

Tham khảo tài liệu 'practical applications and recommendations global reality_11', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Best Practices for Training Intercultural Competence 271 Harrison 1992 performed a comparative study of behavioral modeling cultural assimilator and combined training and found that trainees given an integrated behavioral modeling and culture assimilator training intervention demonstrated better verbal knowledge on an eight-item multiple-choice test than trainees receiving only one of the two interventions or trainees placed in a control condition. Bhawuk 1998 compared the effectiveness of a culture-general a cultural-specific and a theory-based cultural assimilator to a control condition and found that trainees given the culture-general and theory-based cultural assimilator tended to have better learning outcomes as measured by trainees performance on nine difficult critical incidents and a free recall task than those in the culture-specific and control conditions. Cushner 1989 also found that trainees given a culture-general assimilator had better verbal knowledge outcomes than trainees placed in a control condition. Overall the literature seems to demonstrate that cultural assimilators do have a positive impact on trainee knowledge. A smaller subset of research has examined cognitive outcomes in area studies interventions. For example Bird Heinbuch Dunbar and McNulty 1993 found that trainees given area studies courses had better declarative and conceptual knowledge regarding the course content than trainees placed in a control condition. Gannon and Poon 1997 had trainees self-assess their knowledge gained and found that trainees who received either video training or integrative training which were both area studies approaches reported more knowledge gained than trainees who participated in role playing. In general area studies seems to be an effective intercultural competence training approach if the desired outcome is an increase in knowledge regarding a particular culture or topic. However intercultural competence training is often aimed at improving much more