Hong Kong conference

The 21st International Conference of the International

Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)

The 11th Biennual International Conference of the China Association for

Intercultural Communication (CAFIC)

Conference Theme: “Culture, Communication, and Hybridity in an Age of Globalization

Conference Time: July 15-18

Conference Venue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Conference Goals:

· To provide scholars, educators and practitioners from different cultural communities with

opportunities to interact, network and benefit from each other’s research and expertise related to

intercultural communication issues;

· To synthesize research perspectives and foster interdisciplinary scholarly dialogues for developing

integrated approaches to complex problems of communication across cultures;

· To advance the methodology for intercultural

findings to facilitate understanding across cultures;

· To foster global intercultural

and other stakeholders worldwide in the discourse about diversity and transcultural

communication issues.

Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to, the following:

Advertising and marketing across

Bilingual and multilingual communication

Bilingual education

Comparative literature

Conflict, mediation and negotiation

Cultures

Corporate culture and management

Crisis/risk communication

Cross-cultural adaptation

Cross-cultural interaction

Culture and diplomacy

Digital communication across cultures

Ethnic studies

Gender issues and communication

Glocalization

Group/Organizational communication

Health communication

Intercultural communication competence

Intercultural communication and politics

cum

Call for Submissions

8, 2015

communication research and disseminate practical

cultural sensitivity and involve educators, business professionals, students

cultures

across

Intercultural and multilingual

Intercultural pragmatics

Interethnic communication and relations

Interpersonal communication and relations

Language and cultural hy

Language planning and policy

Media and transcultural communication

Multiple cultures and interculturality

Philosophy and human behavior patterns

Psychological communication studies

Public opinions and public policy

Public relations

Rhetorical communication

Second language education

Social media and communication

Sustainability and globalization

Transculturality in global context

Translation studies

Verbal and nonverbal communication

Globalization”

education

hybridity

Categories: Abstract, panel proposals, and workshop proposals may be accepted.

· Abstract, 150-250 words in English, including positions, affiliations, email addresses and mailing

addresses for all authors.

· Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme may be s

provide a 100-word rationale and a 100

affiliation and email addresses for each panelist.

· Workshop proposals relevant to the conference theme may be submitted. Proposals should be 3

pages in length, single spaced.

Deadline: Please submit abstracts by

roundtable discussion sessions by

Submission to: iaics-cafic.2015

Conference Working Languages

Conference host: Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic

University

Conference website: http://www.cbs.polyu.edu.hk/2015iaics_cafic/

The Development and Validation of the Intercultural

The present study developed and assessed reliability and validity of a

Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). Based on a review of the literature, 44 items thought to be

important for intercultural sensitivity were generated

sample of 414 college students rated

instrument which contains five factors. An assessment of concurrent validity from 162 participants

indicated that the ISS was significantly correlated with other related scales, including interactio

attentiveness, impression rewarding, self

the predicted validity test from 174 participants showed that individuals with high ISS scores also

scored high in intercultural effectiveness and int

limitations and future direction

Guidelines for Submissions

submitted. All panel proposals should

100-200 word abstract of each panelist's paper; include

: January 11, 2015, and panel/workshop proposals and

February 1, 2015.

2015@polyu.edu.hk

anguages: English and Chinese

cafic/; http://www.uri.edu/iaics/

Sample Abstract

Sensitivity Scale

Guo-Ming Chen, Ph.D.

Department of Communication Studies

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI 02881, USA

Email: gmchen@uri.edu

for the purpose of analyses in this study

these items and generated a 24-

self-esteem, self-monitoring, and perspective taking. In addition,

intercultural communication attitude scales. Potential

for the study in this line of research were discussed as well.

ubmitted. 3-5

, new instrument, the

study. A

-item final version of the

interaction

ercultural