Table 3 The reliability test of cross-cultural competency(n = 153).

From: Assessing core competencies of business English students in Chinese higher vocational colleges

Variable dimension

Item

Total corrected item correlation

Item deleted Cronbach’ Alpha value

Cronbach’ Alpha value

Chinese and Western cultural knowledge

Q13

0.447

0.864

0.538

Q14

0.165

0.733

Q15

0.466

0.843

Q16

0.390

0.827

Cross-cultural business communication ability

Q17

0.489

0.835

0.820

Q18

0.669

0.790

Q19

0.740

0.844

Q20

0.654

0.856

Cross-cultural awareness

Q21

0.564

0.830

0.640

Q22

0.610

0.831

Q23

0.283

0.720

Q24

0.590

0.804

  1. Significant values are in underlined.