Toward an Operational Definition of Cross-Cultural Competence from the Literature

Abstract

The task documented here is part of a project to support Cultural Readiness for the Department of Defense. The purpose of this project is to derive a preliminary operational definition of cross-cultural competence and test and validate related measures in the military population. We define measurement for this purpose as establishing an understanding of the level of expertise in the target population. Cross cultural competence (CCC) is the expertise which enables an individual in the military to perform in any number of cultures to achieve organizational goals (in contrast to more specific regional knowledge and language skills). The first part of this task, documented here, was to operationalize1 the definition of CCC by using constructs previously investigated in the literature. The second half of this task, to be documented in a subsequent report, will further develop the operational definition through the conduct of critical incident interviews conducted to examine the role of CCC within the context of mission success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1056340

Entities

People

  • Carol A. Thornson
  • Karol G. Ross

Organizations

  • Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Ambiguity
  • Applied Psychology
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Inclusions
  • Job Analysis
  • Judgment
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences

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