This study aims to measure intercultural competence (awareness) of tourism and hospitality employees who tend to be in continuous interaction with intercultural customers. By comparing the results of a self-report awareness test/scale with the results of a knowledge-based test, the study shows that employees not only have extremely low intercultural competence, they also exaggerate their intercultural awareness/competence. Hence, in addition to the implications for intercultural competence/awareness of tourism and hospitality employees and for the businesses for which they work, the study has also implications regarding the measurement ability of self-report scales/tests.
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Koc, E. (2021). Intercultural competence in tourism and hospitality: Self-efficacy beliefs and the dunning Kruger effect. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 82, 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.04.003
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