Intercultural Communication and Barriers in Malaysian Public Universities: The Mediating Effect of Intercultural Willingness to Communicate

• Main Authors: Rajan, Pragash Muthu, Alam, Sultana, Kia, Khor Kheng, Subramaniam, Charles Ramendran SPR
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: anxiety/uncertainty management; intercultural willingness to communicate; intercultural communication; ethnocentrism; undergraduates
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol21/iss2/9; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1371/viewcontent/RA_208_revised.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Underpinned by anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory, this study aims to examine the mediating effect of intercultural willingness to communicate (IWTC) on the relationship between intercultural barriers (anxiety, uncertainty, and ethnocentrism) and intercultural communication among undergradu...