Intercultural Readiness Self Assessment

The first column itemizes personal characteristics that are helpful for cross-cultural interactions.
Evaluate your own current intercultural readiness on a scale of 1-100.
Also set a target for graduation day. Do this honestly and intuitively.


Characteristic
Current self estimate
Score: 1-100:
Target for NP graduation day
Score: 1-100:
Comment and/or
learning strategy:

-Open-mindedness
70
90
This will help me to accept others behaviour better, as most in the locals here are more open minded.

-Respect for other beliefs
90
95
This will help me to be more respectful towards others beliefs.

-Trust in other people
80
50
As people tend to take advantages, thus in China, is hard to gain people trust.

-Tolerance for discomfort
60
85
So I can be more tolerance with others bad habit. As people in different part of the world behave differently.

-Tolerance for ambiguity
60
85
As unexpected things are bound to occur anywhere, anytime, therefore how we manage them is the most important.

-Patience
80
70
As, the Chinese tends to do things fast and always get angry if they had to wait for something.

-Sense of personal control
70
80
Personal control in a foreign country is very important, as we would have to be very careful in finance, food and etc.

-Interpersonal skills
60
90
This will help me in my communication to give a better impression to people, especially people in other countries.

-Willingness to take initiative
75
85
Willingness to take initiative is very important, as he/she would be able to help themselves as well as those around them.

-Willingness to take risks
70
80
As no risk, no gain.

-Sense of humor
85
95
Sense of humour is one of the most useful tools in communication with people, thus by knowing how to crack jokes, people would likely to feel better in talking to you.

-Curiosity about other cultures
70
85
In China, I explored many different culture, after all China is the birth place for most religion, thus I could explore more religion and culture.

-Comfort level with strangers
50
80
This will help in building my level of confidence and comfort level with strangers, after all our daily life, we always met strangers.