Essays about: "culture shock research"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words culture shock research.

  1. 11. How Do International Students Perceive Social Integration? An Ethnographic Study.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Marie Therese Shayne; [2016]
    Keywords : Social Integration; Adjustment; Goffman; Dramaturgy; Putnam; American Pluralism; American societies; Stereotypes; Social Norms; Visual Methodology; Photography; Sociology; International Students.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study examined how international students perceive social integration. The University of Houston, Texas was used as a case study. The study was based on a symbolic interactionism. READ MORE

  3. 12. Habits and Habitats : Crafting Through a Prism of Culture Shock

    University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

    Author : Diana Butucariu; [2014]
    Keywords : Culture Shock; Ceramics; Experiments in clay bodies; Habits and Habitats;

    Abstract : This is a text about a work of art, “The Room”, and about the process that brought it about. The process includes experiments in clay bodies, mixing different elements with the base clay in search of a material both suitable to work with in terms of texture and color, but also rich in less tangible qualities, as I mix in elements which carry a set of values of cultural identity. READ MORE

  4. 13. The will of doing good : a Study of Volunteer Workers in Cape Town

    University essay from Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Frida Jonasson; [2011]
    Keywords : Volunteer; Children; Cape Town; Altruism; Volunteer Tourism; Cross-cultural understanding;

    Abstract : South Africais a country with many well documented inequalities. To reduce some of them there are many volunteers working in the country. What is it like to observe and work with people affected by all these inequalities? The aim of this study is to develop an understanding of how volunteers experience their work with children inCape Town. READ MORE

  5. 14. Experience a New Academic World: Chinese Female Students at Swedish Universities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Jia Li; [2010]
    Keywords : everyday university life; culture shock; MACA; decision-making process; cross-cultural adaptation; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper presents the outcomes of an applied cultural study carried out during spring semester 2010 with more than 10 Chinese female postgraduate students in Swedish universities. The aims of this research were to investigate Chinese female postgraduates’ decision-making process, to understand university lives in Sweden with the main focus on their learning experiences and social activities, and to explore the differences of students’ university lives between Sweden and China. READ MORE

  6. 15. Preventing Expatriate Failure -A Research on the Expatriate Selection and Training-

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi

    Author : Gao Qi; Grit Lange; [2006]
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    Abstract : Preventing Expatriate Failure - A Research on the Expatriate Selection and Training - Summary Many companies face a high failure rate of expatriates. They return earlier or have a poor job performance. READ MORE