Cultural Competence of International Humanitarian Workers

Autor/in	Chang, Wei-Wen
Titel	Cultural Competence of International Humanitarian Workers
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 57 (2007) 3, S.187-204 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713606296755
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cultural Pluralism; Nonprofit Organizations; Cultural Awareness; Cross Cultural Training; Models; Learning Processes; Theories; Foreign Workers; Research Methodology; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kulturpluralismus; Nonprofit-Organisation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Analogiemodell; Learning process; Lernprozess; Theory; Theorie; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	As global interaction and cultural diversity become prominent, cultural competence has received more attention. To understand nonprofit organizations' (NPO's) international workers' learning process in terms of cultural competence, this study used a cultural competence attainment model as a theoretical framework, enlisted 10 Taiwanese international humanitarian workers, and explored how their expatriate experiences of local service influenced their cultural competence. This study identified three levels of influence, namely, the peripheral, cognitive, and reflective levels. Based on these findings, this study suggests the practice of designing related developmental activities in accordance with the three levels and more future research focusing on the process of acquiring cultural competence. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10