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If you step into almost any university classroom in Australia where students are studying business, you may well be struck by how multicultural it is. In 2010, 52% of Australian higher education students in the broad area of business and economics were international students (ABS, 2014a).
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Barker, M.C., Mak, A.S. (2015). The Business of Intercultural Competence Development. In: Green, W., Whitsed, C. (eds) Critical Perspectives on Internationalising the Curriculum in Disciplines. Global Perspectives on Higher Education, vol 28. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-085-7_6
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