title: Cross-cultural Contact and the Development of an International Perspective.
abstract: The hypothesis that participants in multicultural educational programs develop an internationally minded orientation, was studied unobtrusively. The focal Ss were 90 alumni of an explicitly structured multicultural program; their controls were 90 alumni of an institution with an implicit multicultural ambience. Ss were sent a questionnaire on a topic with an international perspective. The dependent variables were the return rate of completed questionnaires, and willingness to participate in further research. Although the hypothesis was confirmed-i.e. a greater proportion of focal than control Ss responded-the effect of training was confounded with prior residence abroad, and underlines a basic problem in evaluating the impact of multicultural learning programs, since participants tend to be recruited and selected partly on the basis of previous cross-cultural experience.
authors.affiliation: a University of New South Wales , Australia.|b Taipei City Mental Health Center.|c East-West Center , Honolulu.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bochner
authors.affiliation: a University of New South Wales , Australia.|b Taipei City Mental Health Center.|c East-West Center , Honolulu.
authors.forename: Anli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: a University of New South Wales , Australia.|b Taipei City Mental Health Center.|c East-West Center , Honolulu.
authors.forename: Beverly M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: McLeod