PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES Multiple Perspectives of Intercultural Communication Competence - Jolene Koester, Richard L Wiseman and Judith A Sanders Intercultural Communication Competence - Judith N Martin A Review PART TWO: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Toward a Theory of Effective Interpersonal and Intergroup Communication - William B Gudykunst An Anxiety/Uncertainty Management (AUM) Perspective Communicative Resourcefulness - Stella Ting-Toomey An Identity Negotiation Perspective Identity Management Theory - William R Cupach and T Todd Imahori Communication Competence in Intercultural Episodes and Relationships Culture-Based Interactive Constraints in Explaining Intercultural Strategic Competence - Min-Sun Kim PART THREE: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES Methodological Issues in the Study of Intercultural Communication Competence - Myron W Lustig and Brian H Spitzberg Competence as Cultural Pragmatics - Donal Carbaugh Reflections on Some Soviet and American Encounters The Applicability of Interpersonal Communication Competence to the Intercultural Communication Context - Virginia H Milhouse Implications of Self-Disclosure on Conversational Logics, Perceived Communication Competence, and Social Attraction - Masayuki Nakanishi and Kenneth M Johnson A Comparison of Japanese and American Cultures