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Being part of a community gives a sense of belonging, determining rules, values and the meaning of a given relationship (Corvino 2021)[2]. Today the use of the term is much wider than before and ranges from “classical” communities to virtual gatherings (Cavalli Sforza, Padoan 2013; Maffesoli 1988)[1,9]. This is hard to handle, but can be read as an interesting indicator of a deep social need that requires focusing and a better understanding. Moving from the first non-sedentary communities to contemporary web c...

The aim of the contribution is to highlight intercultural awareness of German students, who have studied at Czech universities to get a degree. Measurement of intercultural sensitivity has been realized by means of four dimensions, elaborated by organizational psychologists Geert Hofstede and Fons von Trompenaars: power distance, particularism versus universalism, collectivism versus individualism and uncertainty avoidance. The first dimension power distance measured the perspective of German students at Czech uni...

German students at Czech universities, studying interpreting translation or Czech studies, can be determined as one subgroup of those students of Member states who have been influenced by gradual European integration of higher education institutions, resulting in their decision to complete their degree in different European country. An analysis of unstructured interviews, conducted with the segment of German students who have studied in Prague, brought about information about various reasons of their motivation to...