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Ten Years of Research in Intercultural Communication Competence (2003 – 2013): A Retrospective

Lily A. Arasaratnam (1)
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https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v14i2.672

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014)
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2011 November 10
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2014 July 30
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    intercultural communication competence, literature review
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This study presents a review of journal articles published in the period of 2003 – 2013 on the subject of intercultural communication competence (N = 70). The articles were identified on the basis of having either “intercultural competence” or “intercultural effectiveness” (or variations thereof) in their title. The articles are divided into broad categories of contextual articles, models, assessment, reflective pieces, and empirical studies that particularly contribute to new knowledge. The resulting discussion identifies the need for including multiple-disciplinary perspectives in research, common findings over the past decade, and the need for more focus on building theory through collaborative projects.

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Lily A. Arasaratnam
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Lily A. Arasaratnam

Lily A. Arasaratnam (PhD) is the Director of Research at Alphacrucis College, and an honorary associate at Macquarie University, Australia. In addition to her book Perception and Communication in Intercultural Spaces (University Press of America, 2011), Arasaratnam’s publications are primarily on the topics of intercultural communication competence and multiculturalism.

Arasaratnam, L. A. (2014). Ten Years of Research in Intercultural Communication Competence (2003 – 2013): A Retrospective. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 14(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v14i2.672
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Arasaratnam, L. A. (2014). Ten Years of Research in Intercultural Communication Competence (2003 – 2013): A Retrospective. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 14(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v14i2.672

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