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Publication Date: 2021
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Fostering Global Competence in International Business Students on a Latin American Campus
Journal of Teaching in International Business, v32 n1 p81-101 2021
This article discusses the development of global competence through the integration of a series of international-intercultural in-class activities in a Latin American international business (IB) course. A pre- and post-survey were applied and analyzed using a non-parametric Wilcoxon test to identify changes in student perceptions of their global competence development. Results showed development of all competences included in the survey. "Intercultural effectiveness" was the factor that showed the most statistically significant improvement, while "willingness to learn from and adapt to other cultures, openness to other cultures," and "awareness of diversity" developed to a lesser extent. In addition, the dimensions of attitude and knowledge showed improvement while skills demonstrated only slight change. Therefore, IB teaching can be improved by including well-planned international-intercultural classroom activities to promote not only discipline-related knowledge but also global competence development without relying on student mobility.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Competency Based Education, Business Administration Education, International Trade, Latin Americans, Private Colleges, Class Activities, Intercultural Communication, Student Development, Late Adolescents, Undergraduate Students, Capstone Experiences, Instructional Effectiveness, Attitude Change, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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