Internationalisation and Its Implications for Intercultural Maturity among Academic Staff: A Case Study

• Main Authors: Jamilah Mustafa, Junaenah Sulehan, Latiffah Pawanteh, Shahrum Abdullah, Hassan Basri, Andanastuti Muchtar, Khairul Anuar Mastor, Zulkiple Abd Ghani, Hunger Axel
• Format: Conference Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Internationalisation; Intercultural maturity; Intercultural person hood; Transformation; Cultural identity
• Online Access: http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877042811011979/1-s2.0-S1877042811011979-main.pdf?_tid=0ee5674a-2396-11e5-97b8-00000aacb361&acdnat=1436156490_d4ec3c77db1ce55d6e2fbfc0e052b0ca; http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6066

The process of internationalisation can in many ways assist staff in being interculturally matured through prolong and accumulative intercultural communication experiences. Staff may undergo a gradual transformation towards being interculturally matured – thus the emergence of an intercultural perso...