Intercultural Training: Six Measures Assessing Training Needs

Autor/inn/en	Graf, Andrea; Mertesacker, Marion
Titel	Intercultural Training: Six Measures Assessing Training Needs
Quelle	In: Journal of European Industrial Training, 33 (2009) 6, S.539-558 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-0590
DOI	10.1108/03090590910974419
Schlagwörter	Educational Needs; Psychometrics; Human Resources; Personnel Management; Multicultural Education; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Competency Based Education; Global Approach; Minimum Competency Testing; Foreign Countries; International Studies; Case Studies; Industrial Training; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Humankapital; Personalmanagement; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Globales Denken; Ausland; Internationaler Studiengang; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Deutschland
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop recommendations for measures assessing intercultural training needs for international human resource management. Based on scientific as well as application-oriented criteria the aim is to select six measures assessing general intercultural competencies and with the help of behaviour ratings in interactive intercultural exercises to evaluate the psychometric quality and practicability of the questionnaires for training purposes. Design/methodology/approach: Psychometric quality including prognostic power of ICSI, FLCS, NVCCS, ISAS, TIHK, and SIB was tested by correlating subjects' questionnaires results with observations of their actual behaviour in intercultural exercises. Findings: Satisfying psychometric quality and prognostic validity of almost all measures was found. Especially TIHK, ICSI, and FLCS score well for assessing training needs whereas the results for SIB were problematic. Research limitations/implications: The study observed student participants of the same culture. Replication studies should examine large samples of different cultural backgrounds and manager populations. Practical implications: Human resource managers may benefit from gaining knowledge about which measures to use for identifying employee's weaknesses in intercultural competence in order to create tailor-made training interventions. Originality/value: The study is the first providing information about the psychometric quality, including predictive power, of six measures, that assess intercultural skills to detect intercultural training needs. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10