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What Does It Mean to Be Globally Competent?
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To contribute to the valuable and ongoing debate regarding the definition of global citizenship and global competency, this study proposes a definition developed through the use of a Delphi Technique involving human resource managers at top transnational corporations, senior international educators, United Nations officials, inter-cultural trainers, and foreign government officers. This definition is used as the foundation for the development of a survey to determine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes and experiences necessary to be considered globally competent. The survey was sent to 133 representatives from universities that self-nominated for recognition in the “Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities—Internationalizing the Campus 2003” (NAFSA: Association of International Educators publication) and the transnational corporation human resource officials serving as members of the National Foreign Trade Council’s Expatriate Management Committee and Global Mobility Roundtable. Results are reported and discussed, and a proposed curricular plan is presented based on the findings.
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- Authors
- Hunter, B., White, G. P., & Godbey, G. C.
- Affiliations
- Lehigh University (US)
- DeSales University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Studies in International Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-09
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 267-285
- ISSN
- 1028-3153 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7808
- OpenAlex
- W2139456010
- Cited by
- 524
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 44 · 2014: 36 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 21.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Studies in International Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Social Sciences › Education › Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Governance and Development
- Keywords
- global competence, global citizenship, internationalization of higher education, international students, human resource management, multinational corporations, expatriate management, intercultural training, knowledge, skills and attitudes, curriculum development
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