Abstract
The intercultural simulation game “Ecotonos” was launched online in 2021 in Japan and has been provided as pre-departure training for employees assigned to overseas posts. This study examines the program's educational effectiveness using the “Developmental Profile for Intercultural Consciousness (DPIC),” which focuses on information processing, perceptual structures, and response characteristics related to differences in underlying behavioral changes among participants. The target participants were 196 employees scheduled for overseas assignments from 48 affiliated companies of a major manufacturing company. The survey results confirmed that, despite the constraints of the online training that requires stable network connection and limits non-verbal communication, the program effectively promoted perceptual changes among participants. Additionally, “Ecotonos” was effective across a wide range of participants, regardless of their attributes.
