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Developing undergraduates' multicultural skills for career success and national integration

In today’s global work environment characterized by workplace diversity, multicultural skills or cultural intelligence (CQ) are essential soft skills for managerial success.In a multi-cultural country like Malaysia, the development of multicultural sensitivity is also important so that its citizens...

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Main Authors: Chong, Yen Wan, Abdul Rahman, Maria
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.uum.repo.212562017-03-02T01:37:27Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/21256/ Developing undergraduates' multicultural skills for career success and national integration Chong, Yen Wan Abdul Rahman, Maria LB2300 Higher Education In today’s global work environment characterized by workplace diversity, multicultural skills or cultural intelligence (CQ) are essential soft skills for managerial success.In a multi-cultural country like Malaysia, the development of multicultural sensitivity is also important so that its citizens will learn to live in harmony. This paper reports on a study which reviews the effectiveness of a campus wide program that was implemented by a Malaysian public university which specializes in management education from 2011 to 2013 that aimed to facilitate the development of multicultural skills in undergraduates.This study has provided some insights on areas for improvement of future programs.The findings of the study also indicated that there is a need to promote higher interaction between the university’s local and international students. One of the best ways to develop multi-cultural skills among Malaysian undergraduates is to promote greater interactions between Malaysian and non-Malaysian students as well interactions between Malaysian students of various races in campus. 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/21256/1/IRMM%20%206%20S8%202016%20187-192.pdf Chong, Yen Wan and Abdul Rahman, Maria (2016) Developing undergraduates' multicultural skills for career success and national integration. International Review of Management and Marketing, 6 (S8). pp. 187-192. ISSN 2146-4405 http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/3930
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Developing undergraduates' multicultural skills for career success and national integration
description In today’s global work environment characterized by workplace diversity, multicultural skills or cultural intelligence (CQ) are essential soft skills for managerial success.In a multi-cultural country like Malaysia, the development of multicultural sensitivity is also important so that its citizens will learn to live in harmony. This paper reports on a study which reviews the effectiveness of a campus wide program that was implemented by a Malaysian public university which specializes in management education from 2011 to 2013 that aimed to facilitate the development of multicultural skills in undergraduates.This study has provided some insights on areas for improvement of future programs.The findings of the study also indicated that there is a need to promote higher interaction between the university’s local and international students. One of the best ways to develop multi-cultural skills among Malaysian undergraduates is to promote greater interactions between Malaysian and non-Malaysian students as well interactions between Malaysian students of various races in campus.
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title Developing undergraduates' multicultural skills for career success and national integration
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title_full_unstemmed Developing undergraduates' multicultural skills for career success and national integration
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