Examining the Role of Cultural Exposure in Improving Intercultural Competence and Implications for HRM Practices in Multicultural Organizations

Cross Cultural

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
A summary of the article........................................................................................................1
A discussion on the meaning or implications of what the article is about.............................2
Limitations of the taken article...............................................................................................3
How the knowledge in the area can be expanded...................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Cross Cultural Organisational Behaviour plays a very significant role in running a
organisation. The cross cultural organizational behaviour is basically the study of differences in
process, study of cross cultural similarities and dynamics and behaviour at work of cross cultural
interfaces in the international and domestic multicultural contexts. The present report involves
the review on the article based on “Examining the role of cultural exposure in improving
intercultural competence and implications for HRM practices in the multicultural organizations.
MAIN BODY
A summary of the article
The present article basically helps in understanding the concept of managing cultural
diversity and how it is important for human resource management. It helps in identifying the
various cultural differences which have a major influence on the job performance, morale of
employees and situation of conflict. The concept of cultural diversity helps in providing various
advantages such as increased performance and creativity (Barry and Owens, 2019). According to
the organizations and researchers, there are various significant factors that plays a major role in
organisations success. In addition to that, the article helps in deeper understanding of the
difference between the intercultural competence and intercultural sensitivity.
The journal article helps in examination of the depth and breadth of the cultural exposure
and use of intercultural competence and intercultural sensitivity for the purpose to draw
implications in order for staff development and improving the process of recruitment practices in
the business firms (Clark and Harrison, 2018). In context country like Australia, it is believed
that intercultural competence plays a significant role and is one of the broader concept which is
needed for deep exposure to other cultural as compared to intercultural sensitivity. As per the
article, it has been suggested that CE has limited potential whereas depth of CE helps in
providing benefits in order to improve the individual intercultural abilities. In addition to that the
article involves implications based on various findings such as how the company are able to
develop and recruit employees who are inter culturally inclined and effectively navigate the
challenges of working in today’s multicultural organizations. In addition to that, it involves
cultural exposure using two distinctive concepts which comprise of depth of exposure and
breadth of exposure. It also involves control variables that comprises of gender and age that
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