
Cultural Competence as a Factor Successful Professional Activity
Author(s) -
Inna Varnavskaya,
Kherson State Agrarian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vìsnik lugansʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. fìlologìčnì nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-2844
DOI - 10.12958/2227-2844-2021-1(339)-1-31-41
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , personality , emotional intelligence , psychology , social psychology
Article analyzes the problems of cultural competence as the main factor of successful professional activity of applicants for higher education in economic specialties, since the formation of personality culture as the most important condition for its self – organization and self-development is one of the leading tasks of modern education. A generally accepted and important characteristic of a specialist is a certain set of professional knowledge and skills, which may not coincide in the composition, structure, and severity of certain qualities in representatives of different types of activity. The article analyzes cultural competence and as a result of the study, it turns out that where emotional intelligence is powerless, a person with a well-developed emotional intelligence understands what all people have in common and what distinguishes each of us from the other. A culturally competent person, while also being a specialist in economic specialties, is able to determine which properties of a particular person are characteristic of all people, which are only for him, and which are neither universal nor unique. Therefore, he adapts quite easily to the Customs and traditions of the new environment: he gets into the habit of observing and consciously adapting to the new environment. The findings state that cultural competence is the result of a development process that requires long-term commitment. This is not a specific end product that can be achieved based on the results of a two-hour master class, it requires an active learning and practice process for a long time. It’s easier to talk about becoming culturally competent than to do it. Professionals who work with different ethnic and cultural groups and can therefore become more culturally competent by advancing through three main stages: developing awareness, acquiring knowledge, and developing and maintaining cross-cultural skills.