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Phenomenological Research on the Intercultural Sensitivity of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the Athens Community

Kashima, Takashi

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2006, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, International Studies - International Development Studies.

This study investigates how the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers developed their intercultural sensitivity through their subjective intercultural experiences during their Peace Corps tenure from phenomenological perspectives. Eight Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the Athens community participated in personal interviews and took the Intercultural Development Inventory for assessing their worldview. The triangulation of both data addressed the demystification of the process of intercultural sensitivity development from different angles. The participants’ unique intercultural experiences, their reflection on those experiences, and the results of their psychometric assessment revealed six significant emergent categories of phenomena in their intercultural sensitivity development: the significant linkages between their cognitive emphasis on cultural differences and similarities, and their progression of worldview. Overall, this study explored the developmental process of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who bridged huge cultural differences. Their empirical narratives and findings from this study help in designing intercultural training for other Americans to transcend from ethnocentrism.

Jieli Li (Advisor)
117 p.

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  • Kashima, T. (2006). Phenomenological Research on the Intercultural Sensitivity of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the Athens Community [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1163207645

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kashima, Takashi. Phenomenological Research on the Intercultural Sensitivity of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the Athens Community. 2006. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1163207645.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kashima, Takashi. "Phenomenological Research on the Intercultural Sensitivity of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the Athens Community." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1163207645

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)