Intercultural communication competence

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I would also reinforce the importance of the inherently interdisciplinary aspect of cultural competence highlighted by Bennett (Chapter 5), spanning sociology, business, linguistics, intercultural communication, counseling, social work, cultural geography, anthropology, and education (pp. 157-158). Addi-... 

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