Abstract
The industrial revolution is a reality that must be faced by every country. This condition hasan impact on increasing interdependence between country located in an area in the form ofcooperation in various fields. Industrial revolution gives an essential challenge to improvethe quality of resources human power that can establish cross-cultural interactions to beable to address every opportunity of good cooperation. One component that needs to bepossessed by human resources in the era of the industrial revolution, especially the younggeneration of Indonesia is the cross-cultural communication competence with knowledge,understanding, self-confidence and cultural identity through the experience of interactingwith individuals from different cultural backgrounds. The young generation of Indonesianeeds to build a global mindset and play an active role in building harmonious cooperationin achieving the agenda of the industrial revolution. This phenomenon is essential so thatIndonesia's human resources are not just spectators, but can determine the success of theempowered nation competitiveness. This study aims to analyse affective, cognitive andconative elements in forming cross-cultural communication competencies. This researchalso examines the influence of the dimensions of cross-cultural communication and attitudestowards global citizenship towards the intention to work together across cultures. Theresearch sample was taken using a purposive sampling method. Data were collected usingsurvey methods with questionnaire techniques. Respondents in this study were students atthree universities in Central Java.
Highlights
Globalization demands a better understanding of the dynamics of multiculturalism in modern society
Test the validity of cross-cultural communication competencies, attitudes toward global citizenship and the intention to cooperate across cultures using the Pearson Correlation method by correlating between each score for each item with a total score
The results of the analysis, it is known, the correlation between all items with a significant total score at the 0.01 significance level above the r table value can be concluded indicators to measure the construct of cross-cultural communication competence, attitudes towards global citizenship and the intention to work across cultures is valid
Summary
Globalization demands a better understanding of the dynamics of multiculturalism in modern society. The success of regional cooperation requires efforts to understand each other and interact well in cultural diversity. This condition needs to be a significant concern in preparing human resources, especially the young generation of Indonesia. The ability to integrate cultural differences in an atmosphere of mutual respect and tolerance becomes the main foundation in the development of competencies for effective cross-cultural communication. For this reason, an understanding of cultural identity is essential, and knowledge of cultural identity possessed by other parties and knowledge of how to interact that can open opportunities for mutual understanding. Bennet (2008) describes the concept of cross-cultural communicating competence as Received: May, 20, 2019 Revised: June, 10, 2019 Accepted: June, 24, 2019
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