The following figure is one way (not the only way) to factor analyze the Alliant’s Institutional Objectives and I-MERIT Competencies.
Using this grouping as a preliminary structure (can be changed), the following is a mapping of different definitions and conceptualizations of what an
integration of international and multicultural competence might look like:
4 factors in
4 Factors in
Institutional
I-MERIT
Objectives
Competencies
Networks &
Professional
Collaboration service skills
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- Ability to change
generate better solutions and - Ability to be at ease in
increase our chances of
unfamiliar surroundings
Multicultural
personality
- Multicultural
friendships
- Multicultural
competence
- Expanded Social
Networks
- Humor
- Coping Ability
- Hardiness
- General SelfEfficacy
- Resiliency
Continuous Learning. A Understand:
major component of
- Etic/emic perspectives
effectiveness is the extent to
- Ecological models
which we can continuously
- Time, place, historical context
expand our knowledge and
- What one doesn’t know
awareness both individually
(metacognitive)
and collectively.
- Power dynamics
- Authority perceptions
- Broaden concept of mental
illness
- Interest in how things work
- Power distance (diff in
hierarchy respect)
- High/Low context
- Uncertainty avoidance
- Short vs. long-term
- Racial/Ethnic
Identity
- Prejudice levels
7 Alliant Values
Partnership. We can
success by collaborating
across differences.
Knowledge
Multicultural (Hays) vs.
Intercultural (Sinicrope et al.)
- Multicultural comptncy-Ability to:
o Examine beliefs / attitudes
o Exercise culturally appropriate professional
practice
- Tolerance for ambiguity
- Global competence
- World citizenship
- Cross-cultural adaptation
- Intercultural competence (“ability to think / act in
interculturally appropriate ways”)
- Skills of interpreting and relating (ability to
interpret, explain, relate events/documents from
other culture to own culture)
- Skills of discovery and interaction (ability to
acquire “new knowledge of culture/cultural practices)
- Critical cultural awareness (ability to use
perspectives, practices, products in own & in other
cultures to make evaluations.)
- Power / oppression / privilege
- Social justice
- Aversive racism/bias
- Discrimination / Prejudic e/ “isms”
o Blatant & micro-aggressions
- Race/Ethnicity
- Intersections of culture
o Sexual orientation, religion, disability,
immigration, gender. SES, health, age, etc…
Intercultural sensitivity (“ability to discriminate and
experience relevant cultural differences”)
- Ethnorelativity
- Pluralinguism
- Biculturalism
orientation
- Variance in cultural norms
Awareness &
Attitudes
Respect. We respect and
value diverse ways of
learning, knowing, and
accomplishing goals.
Responsibility. Each of us
benefits when we take
responsibility, personally and
collectively, for building a
more inclusive community.
Humility. No one person
or perspective has the whole
answer.
Commitment. Building
inclusion is a long-term
process and requires ongoing
commitment.
-
Communication Dialogue and
Skills
Engagement. We can
foster individual and
collective growth and
adaptation by listening to
many voices, re-examining
assumptions, and working
through conflict.
Patience
Curiosity
Empathy
Int’l-2nd nature
Neutrality
Openness to experience w/o
judgment
Experience w/o comparison
Flexibility
Adjust one’s boundaries
Basics of being polite
Learn rather than promote US
ideals
Openness to diff. prof.
degrees
Relativistic/Int’l worldview
Respect across SES
o Comm skills:
o Knowing 2+ languages
o Follow up to confirm
mutual understanding
o Pause & breathe
o Excellent observat’l
skills
o Read & adjust own body
language (facial exp.)
o Read non-verbal cues
o Talk/listen across own
field’s paradigms
o Translate field’s
language for others
o Respond / mend crosscultural ruptures
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Cultural empathy - Appreciate other norms/ value systems
Openmindedness - Aware of own values / biases
Flexibility
- Understand other worldviews
Adventurousness
Interest in Int’l
careers
Emotional stability
Extroversion
Social initiative
Communication: We can
foster individual and
collective growth and
adaptation by listening to
many voices, re-examining
assumptions, and working
through conflict.
- Communication skills:
- Knowing 2+ languages
- Follow up to confirm mutual
understanding
- Pause & breathe
- Excellent observational skills
- Read & adjust own body
language (facial exp.)
- Read non-verbal cues
- Talk/listen across own field’s
paradigms
- Translate field’s language for
others
- Respond / mend crosscultural ruptures
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- Effective intergroup communication
- Transcultural communication
- Transnational cooperation
- Quality of Life
- Psychological
Well-Being
- Life Satisfaction
- Physical Health
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