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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES is an official journal of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Editor: Joanna Radwańska Williams, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China
Editorial Board: An Ran, South China University of Technology, China Erich Berendt, Seisen University, Japan Guo-Ming Chen, University of Rhode Island, USA Margaret U. D’Silva, University of Louisville, USA L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA Masako Hiraga, Rikkyo University, Japan Bates L. Hoffer, Trinity University, USA Nobuyuki Honna, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan Hu Wenzhong, Beijing Foreign Languages Institute, China Jia Yuxin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Lixian Jin, De Montfort University, UK Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Zi-yu Lin, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China Mao Sihui, Shantou University, China Yoshitaka Miike, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, USA Robert N. St. Clair, University of Louisville, USA Roland Sussex, University of Queensland, Australia Yuko Takeshita, Toyo Eiwa University, Japan Robert Vaagan, Oslo University College, Norway Ana C. T. Williams, Northwestern University, USA Kenneth C. C. Yang, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Judy Yoneoka, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan
Assistant Editor: Linda Lam, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China
IAICS Board of Directors: Sarah Corona Berkin Guo-Ming Chen Ling Chen Margaret U. D’Silva
Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico University of Rhode Island, USA Hong Kong Baptist University, China University of Louisville, USA
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L. Brooks Hill Robert N. St. Clair Yuko Takeshita Robert W. Vaagan Jia Yuxin
Trinity University, USA University of Louisville, USA Toyo Eiwa University, Japan Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Officers of IAICS: President: Past Presidents:
Executive Director Secretary & Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Guo-Ming Chen, University of Rhode Island,USA Robert N. St. Clair, University of Louisville, USA Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA Nobuyuki Honna, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan Bates L. Hoffer, Trinity University, USA Jia Yuxin, Harbin Institute of Technology, China D. Ray Heisey, Kent State University, USA Masanori Higa, Ryukoku University, Japan L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA Mao Sihui, Shantou University, China Linda Lam, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao Priscilla Young, University of Rhode Island, USA
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Advisory Board: An Ran Maria Lebedko Liu Changyuan Mao Sihui Norbert Mundorf Sun Youzhong Svetlana Ter-Minasova Lin-Wen Wang Doreen Wu Judy Yoneoka Manuscript Reviewers for ICS Lavinia Bracci Kara Chan Joyce Chen Chiang Shiao-Yun Margaret U. D’Silva
South China University of Technology, China Far Eastern Federal University, Russia Harbin Institute of Technology, China Shantou University, China University of Rhode Island, USA Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Moscow State University, Russia Yuan Ze University, Taiwan Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan XXIV(2), 2015: International Center for Intercultural Exchange, Italy Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong S.A.R., China University of Northern Iowa, USA State University of New York at Oneonta, USA University of Louisville, USA
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Greg Leichty Zi-yu Lin Jane Lung Mao Sihui Yoshitaka Miike Kristin Skare Orgeret Oslo Jiro Takai Ana C. T. Williams Joanna Radwańska Williams Kenneth C. C. Yang Judy Yoneoka Zhu Xiaoshu
University of Louisville, USA Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China Shantou University, China University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA University College, Norway Nagoya University, Japan Northwestern University, USA Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China University of Texas at El Paso, USA Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan University of International Business and Economics, China
This issue is printed and mailed from Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao S.A.R., China
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Table of Contents
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Preface ´ -Williams Joanna Radwanska Cultural Diversity in the Workplace Exploring the Relationships between Diversity, National Economic Performance, Community Attachment, Job Climate, and Subjective Wellbeing in 143 Cultures 1 Ming-Yi Wu & Gale Muller Work Values in a Changing Global Environment: Comparing Chinese and U.S. Students Beth Bonniwell Haslett & Kevin Leidel
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International Education Intercultural Competence Development in Three Different Study Abroad Program Types Jayme Scally
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Intercultural Communication Competence and Acculturation among International Students in Central China Flemmings Fishani Ngwira, Harold Wilson Tumwitike Mapoma, Jianzhong Hong, Sunawan Sariyo & 61 Wellman Kondowe Conflict Mediation A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Avoidance: Behind-the-Scenes Strategies in Interpersonal Conflicts Bing Han & Deborah A. Cai
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Negotiating ‘The Intercultural Moment’ Study Abroad and Conflict Mediation between African American and African Students: A Case Study 123 Vanessa Wynder Quainoo Intercultural Communication Pedagogy The Embodiment of Intercultural Communication through Course Syllabi Hsin-I Sydney Yueh & Kristopher D. Copeland
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“I was ‘fortunate’ enough to have been born a white male”: Understanding a Cycle of White Consciousness in Intercultural Communication Education 155 Yea-Wen Chen & Nathaniel Simmons
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Ethnicity The Acculturation Modes of Arab Americans: An Empirical Study on the Effects of Gender, Religion, Nationality and Sojourner Status Gaby Semaan
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The Influence of Ethnicity on Consumers’ Environmental Attitudes and Responses to Guilt Appeals in Green Advertising: An Experimental Study Kenneth C. C. Yang, Marissa Jiménez & Yowei Kang 192 Advertising Discourse Investigating the Discursive Productions of Science in Advertising Jen-Yi Chen
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