Global communication skills: contextual factors fostering their development at internationalised higher education institutions

Figures & data

Figure 1. Relationship of factors affecting global communication skills development.

Table 1. Cronbach’s α for GEP constructs used in this study.

Variable	Cronbach’s α	Nr. of items
CSexp	0.89	8
CSimp	0.92	8
IGexp	0.90	13
GOSexp	0.90	10
FLSexp	0.92	10

Table 2. Confirmatory factor analysis of all GEP constructs.

Variable	CFI	RMSEA	SRMR
Importance scale	0.92	0.06	0.04
Experience scale	0.85	0.07	0.06

Table 3. Descriptive statistics of GEP constructs.

Variable	mean	median	sd	se	>= 3.5
CSexp	4.08	4.12	0.98	0.02	70%
CSimp	4.59	4.62	0.96	0.02	88%
IGexp	3.66	3.62	1.02	0.02	56%
GOSexp	3.45	3.40	1.09	0.02	49%
FLSexp	3.33	3.30	1.24	0.03	46%

Table 4. Correlation of variables (p < 0.001 for all r).

Variable	CSexp	CSimp	IGexp	GSexp
CSimp	0.556
IGexp	0.571	0.305
GSexp	0.575	0.326	0.560
LSexp	0.526	0.385	0.436	0.600

Table 5. Partial correlation of variables (p < 0.001 for all r).

Variable	CSexp	CSimp	IGexp	GSexp
CSimp	0.423
IGexp	0.324	−0.031
GSexp	0.235	−0.040	0.293
LSexp	0.156	0.142	0.059	0.393

Table 6. Results from multiple regression.

Variable	B	β	se	t	p
(Intercept)	0.38063	–	0.06313	6.03	< 0.001∗∗∗
CSimp	0.37497	0.38615	0.01386	27.05	< 0.001∗∗∗
IGexp	0.27867	0.30566	0.01452	19.19	< 0.001∗∗∗
GSexp	0.18361	0.21216	0.01545	11.88	< 0.001∗∗∗
LSexp	0.10241	0.13538	0.01283	7.98	< 0.001∗∗∗

Residual standard error = 0.5523, DF = 2233

Multiple R2 = 0.6405, Adjusted R2 = 0.6398

F(4,2233) = 994.5, p < 0.001∗∗∗

Table 7. Multicollinearity diagnostics.

Variable	VIF	Tolerance
CSimp	1.212	0.825
IGexp	1.513	0.661
GSexp	1.893	0.528
LSexp	1.690	0.592
mean	1.577	0.651