The ‘International Journal of Leadership and Management’ (IJLM)

Building Bridges: How a Guest Lecture on Bullying Expanded Students’ Global Perspectives

Yoga Prihatin

Universitas Pancasakti Tegal

yogaprihatin@upstegal.ac.id

 

Justyna Kaczmarczyk

Tarnowska Szkola Wyzsza Stosowanych, Poland

 

JEL Classification: I21                                                                                                                                                        https://doi.org/10.65176/IJLM.V2I1.05

 

Abstract

Bullying is a global public health issue whose manifestations are deeply influenced by culture, necessitating that counsellor education move beyond domestic paradigms to cultivate global perspectives and multicultural competencies (MCC). To address this need, this study evaluated the impact of an international guest lecture delivered by a Polish expert on bullying to Indonesian counselling students on broadening students' cross-cultural understanding. Using a quantitative, descriptive approach, data were collected via a post-lecture survey from 91 students. The findings were overwhelmingly positive: a significant majority of students found the content relevant (92.3%) and clear (94.3%); most critically, 92.5% reported an expanded global outlook, and 95.6% felt motivated to investigate the topic further. The results conclusively demonstrate that the lecture successfully built educational bridges and achieved the goal of perspective transformation. This validates expert-led international exchanges as a potent, practical tool for developing MCC, and it is suggested that counsellor education programs actively integrate such lectures into their curricula. Future research should employ longitudinal designs to track long-term professional development and replicate this study across diverse institutions to enhance generalisability.

 

Keywords: Internationalization of Curriculum, Multicultural Counseling Competency, Global Perspectives, Guest Lecture 



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Volume: 2

Issue: 1

Type: Research

Funding: Self

ISSN: 0975-069X (Print)

Language: English

Date of Publication: Oct 10, 2025

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