Intercultural Communication Competence

Xiaodong Dai is Associate Professor of the Foreign Languages College of Shanghai Normal University, P. R. China. He is a Fulbrighter and serves as the Vice President of China Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC). His research interests include identity negotiation, intercultural communication competence and intercultural dialogue. His most recent books are Identity and Intercultural Communication: Theoretical and Contextual Construction (co-edited with Steve J. Kulich), Intercultural Communication Theories, and Intercultural Adaptation: Theoretical Explorations and Empirical Studies (co-edited with Steve J. Kulich).Guo-Ming Chen is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He is the Executive Director of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies and the co-editor of China Media Research. His primary research interests are in intercultural/organizational/global communication. Chen has published numerous papers and books, including Foundations of Intercultural Communication, A Study of Intercultural Communication Competence, Communication and Global Society, and Theories and Principles of Chinese Communication.