Influence of intercultural competence on an organisation’s success and personal career: the case study of Lithuania

• Autorzy: Adamoniene Ruta , Blašková Martina , Petrauskiene Ruta , Rauleckas Rimantas

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/emj-2022-0024

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper aims to identify the influence of intercultural competence on an organisation’s success and personal career in Lithuania. The study described in this paper is a part of international research on intercultural competence. An online questionnaire survey was conducted in Lithuania with non-probability convenience sampling to find out the views of employees working in different sector organisations. The survey was filled out by 1193 respondents from Lithuania. Employees’ intercultural competence (knowledge/cognitive dimension, skills/behavioural dimension, and attitudes/emotional dimension) was evaluated using 5-point Likert items and is elaborated elsewhere. The multivariate analysis was used to analyse the survey data and test three hypotheses stating that (1) employees support the notion that higher intercultural competence can foster an organisation’s success and personal career, (2) organisations tend to leave the development of intercultural competence to employees, and (3) current intercultural knowledge and skills are inadequate to operate in a multicultural work environment. The analysis showed that half of the respondents agreed with the statement that the development of intercultural competence (ICC) helped the personal career and an organisation’s success. The statement regarding organisations tending to leave the intercultural competence development to their employees was only supported by less than one-third of the respondents. Besides, the data did not fully support the statement that employees’ current intercultural knowledge and skills were inadequate to operate in a multicultural work environment, as no more than one-third of the respondents had frequent or very frequent issues when communicating with foreigners due to inadequate intercultural knowledge and skills in various sub-areas. The paper elaborates on detailed results.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

competence; intercultural competence; multicultural environment; personal care; career strategies

PL

kompetencja; kompetencja międzynarodowa; środowisko wielokulturowe; kariera osobista; strategia kariery

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
• Czasopismo: Engineering Management in Production and Services
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 14, no. 3
• Strony: 28--42
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 30 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Adamoniene Ruta

• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-8093

autor

Blašková Martina

• Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/+0000-0003-2760-9724

autor

Petrauskiene Ruta

• Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-297X

autor

Rauleckas Rimantas

• Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-9319

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).