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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS – ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF THE SLOVENES ABOUT CROATS: A CHANGE OF THE PERCEPTION?

The paper deals with the results of opinions of the Slovenes about neighbouring Croats concerning ten perceptive categories. Results are compered, at comparable categories, with the survey results from 1995 as part of an international research project „The wievs and opinions of Central European nation of its neighbors: Contribution to the development of intercultural communication“ by Professor Mario Plenković, in the part related to the wievs and opinions of Slovenes about Croats. A comparative analysis of the results from 2015 showed that Slovenes evaluated neighbouring Croats predominantly positive in almost all realtions offered, and the lowest marks were given in the categories of business: diligence, discipline, professionalism and with these relations associated relatively high corruptiveness. The resultes showed that the contents in which there have been a major change in Slovenes' opinions in past 20 years indicate discreet trend in changing perception: Slovenes perceive Croats slightly more businesslike, more diligent, more disciplined, more cultured, more political, communicative but still prone to corruption.

intercultural communication; cultural diversity; stereotypes

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