Cultural Competency as a Way of Doing Business
Location
CSU 202
Start Date
2-4-2019 10:00 AM
End Date
2-4-2019 11:00 AM
Student's Major
Finance
Student's College
Business
Mentor's Name
Elizabeth Sandell
Mentor's Department
Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Mentor's College
Education
Description
ICC instruction is “an attempt to raise students' awareness of their own culture and help them to interpret and understand other cultures” (Rose, 2003, page 1). Colleges and universities are recognizing the importance of expanding student outcomes to include ICC (Burnett, & Huisman, 2010; Kimmel & Volet 2012; Lee, Poch, Shaw, & Williams, 2012). This research project studied the beginning orientation to cultural differences among undergraduate students in the College of Business. The investigators' university seeks to “provide opportunities to improve intercultural competence for a complex, diverse, and globalized society” and “increase the intercultural competencies and capabilities of faculty and staff through intercultural engagement opportunities,” and the COB also has declared its “primary focus [on] diversified undergraduate education” (Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2015). The theoretical foundation for this study was the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), originally described by Bennett (1986), which presents predictable stages through which people progress as their ICC increases. The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) version 3 (Hammer, Bennett, and Wiseman, 2003) was the measure of cultural competency. This project used archived data collected during 2010 - 2018 and new data collected in a course in the COB during Spring 2019.
Cultural Competency as a Way of Doing Business
CSU 202
ICC instruction is “an attempt to raise students' awareness of their own culture and help them to interpret and understand other cultures” (Rose, 2003, page 1). Colleges and universities are recognizing the importance of expanding student outcomes to include ICC (Burnett, & Huisman, 2010; Kimmel & Volet 2012; Lee, Poch, Shaw, & Williams, 2012). This research project studied the beginning orientation to cultural differences among undergraduate students in the College of Business. The investigators' university seeks to “provide opportunities to improve intercultural competence for a complex, diverse, and globalized society” and “increase the intercultural competencies and capabilities of faculty and staff through intercultural engagement opportunities,” and the COB also has declared its “primary focus [on] diversified undergraduate education” (Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2015). The theoretical foundation for this study was the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), originally described by Bennett (1986), which presents predictable stages through which people progress as their ICC increases. The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) version 3 (Hammer, Bennett, and Wiseman, 2003) was the measure of cultural competency. This project used archived data collected during 2010 - 2018 and new data collected in a course in the COB during Spring 2019.
Recommended Citation
Vega, Alejandro Reyes and Sheng Vang. "Cultural Competency as a Way of Doing Business." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 2, 2019.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2019/oral-session-02/2
