Communication Apprehension, Self-Perceived Communication Competence, and Willingness to Communication in Singapore

Stephen M. Croucher; Dale Hample; Diyako Rahmani; Kari Sakkinen

doi:10.36923/jicc.v16i1.708

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Stephen M. Croucher ⁽¹⁾ , Dale Hample ⁽²⁾ , Diyako Rahmani ⁽³⁾ , Kari Sakkinen ⁽⁴⁾

1. Department of Communication University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finlan

2. Department of Communication at the University of Maryland

3. Department of Communication at the University of Jyväskylä.

4. Department of Communication at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.

https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v16i1.708

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2016)

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2012 September 11

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2016 March 10

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Communication apprehension, Self-perceived communication competence, Willingness to communicate, Singapore

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Abstract

Based in the assertion that different cultures value aspects of communication differently, this study explored the position of Singapore on the continuum of communication apprehension (CA), self-perceived communication competence (SPCC), and willingness to communicate (WTC). Responses were obtained from 209 self-identified ethnic-Chinese born in Singapore and 105 Malay immigrants. The results revealed ethnic-Chinese to have low self-reported CA, while Malays had high CA in comparison to regional neighbors. Malays and ethnic-Chinese both had low WTC and low SPCC levels in comparison to regional neighbors. The findings show a potential “immigrant effect,” as Malay immigrants had much higher CA than ethnic-Chinese. Moreover, further studies on these communication traits should explore ingroup differences in CA, SPCC, and WTC.

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Authors

Stephen M. Croucher

stephen.m.croucher@jyu.fi (Primary Contact)

Dale Hample

Diyako Rahmani

Kari Sakkinen

Author Biographies

Stephen M. Croucher

Stephen Croucher is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Jyväskylä. His research studies immigrant cultural adaptation, religion and communication, quantitative methods, and conflict management/conceptualization. He has explored communication traits and behaviors on five continents. He has published widely, in such journals as Communication Monographs, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, and the International Journal of Conflict Management.

Dale Hample

Dale Hample is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland. His research studies how people take conflict personally in interpersonal interactions, the processes of interpersonal arguing, particularly the role of argument frames and emotions in interpersonal exchange, and inventional capacity, or the number of things an individual can say in an interpersonal exchange. He has published widely, in such journals as Communication Monographs, Argumentation & Advocacy, Argumentation, Informal Logic, and the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research.

Diyako Rahmani

Diyako Rahmani is a Doctoral Student Student in the Department of Communication at the University of Jyväskylä.

Kari Sakkinen

is a Master’s Student in the Department of Communication at the University of Jyväskylä.

Croucher, S. M., Hample, D., Rahmani, D., & Sakkinen, K. (2016). Communication Apprehension, Self-Perceived Communication Competence, and Willingness to Communication in Singapore. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 16(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v16i1.708

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