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communicative competence construct: cultural sensitivity, intercultural relations and
intercultural awareness affect the social adaptation of the expatriate.
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Table 4. Key factors of the expatriate’s social adaptation
Table 4.
Key factors of the expatriate’s social adaptation
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Model 2: Social Adaptation key factors
Variables
Beta
Coef. Est.
Hypothesis 3 is therefore accepted and 18 it is concluded that the intercultural
communicative competence makes the general (a), social (b) and job (c) adaptation of the
expatriate easier.
t
Sig.
Cultural Sensitivity 0.054 1.076 0.283
Cultural knowledge 0.101 2.027 0.043
Intercultural Relations 0.121 2.429 0.016
Language Use 0.051 1.016 0.310
Intercultural Awareness 0.123 2.465 0.014
R 2 adjusted 0.033
F 3.655
Significance 0.003
Source: Own Sources
Source: Own Sources
Finally, to identify which factors of the intercultural communicative
competence have an influence on the JOB ADAPTATION of the Ex-
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Language communicative Use competence and intercultural construct: awareness– cultural sensitivity, affect intercultural the social relations adaptation and
of Language the expatriate. Use and intercultural awareness affect the social adaptation of the expatriate.
12 Significant variables appear in bold type.
Table 5. Key factors of the job adaptation of the expatriate
Table 5.
Key factors in the job adaptation of the expatriate
6. CONCLUSIONS
Model 3: Job Adaptation Key factors
Variables
Beta
Coef.
t Sig.
Cultural Sensitivity 0.24 5.17 0.00
Cultural 0.02 0.53 0.59
Intercultural Relations 0.17 3.77 0.00
Language Use 0.19 4.06 0.00
Intercultural 0.13 2.86 0.00
R 0.13
F 13.20
Significance 0.00
Source: Own Sources
Source: Own Sources
Hypothesis 3 is therefore accepted and it is concluded that the intercultural
communicative competence makes the general (a), social (b) and job
(c) adaptation of the expatriate easier.
We share the point of view of the authors who have researched into the adaptation of the
expatriate who agree on the need for further research into the factors involved in the
process of adaptation. This paper only offers some results within the great complexity of
this process.
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Significant variables appear in bold type.
1) Considering the results of the factor analysis of the adaptation construct we can
confirm hypothesis 1 and corroborate the three dimensions of the expatriate’s adaptation
stated by Black et al. (1991): general adaptation, social adaptation and job adaptation.
The general adaptation is identified as the most influential one.
2) According to the factor analysis of the intercultural communicative competence
scales, five clearly different factors were identified which confirm the Hypothesis 2. That
is, five dimensions or factors form the competence: Intercultural Sensitivity, Cultural
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