As a Peace Corps volunteer, one of the things I have experienced upon arrival in a developing African country is culture shock. This is primarily because people in this country have different cultural values, beliefs, traditions and practices from my own. Given these differences, a critical component towards a suitable experience while living in the country as a Peace Corps volunteer is culture adaptation. Adapting or adjusting to the culture in this developing country is not an easy process because there are some aspects of this culture that are harder to adjust to. One of the cultural aspects that is difficult to adjust to in this developing country is language. While most of the people I have met understand English, they often speak their local national language and their tribal languages. This makes it very difficult to adjust to this culture since I would need to learn the different languages…...

International TrainingTraining Program for New Expatriate EmployeesI. IntroductionA. Purpose of the training program: To prepare employees for international assignments (Idrees et al.)B. Importance of pre-departure training: It will enhance expatriate performance, reduce culture shock, and facilitate faster acclimatization (Puck et al.)II. Training Needs of New Expatriate EmployeesA. Understanding cultural differences: Employee needs knowledge of the host country's culture, customs, and social etiquette, and thus to reduce culture shockB. Understanding the local business environment: Employee needs an increase in knowledge of business etiquette, legal, and financial regulations, and thus safeguardingC. Practical living information: Needs details about local amenities, transportation, housing, healthcare, etc., and thus practical supportD. Language proficiency: Needs basic skillsE. Coping strategies: Needs stress management technique to deal with culture shockF. Expectation management: Needs clarity on job role, performance expectations, assignment durationIII. Components of Pre-Departure TrainingA. Cultural Training1. Culture-specific workshops: Will provide insight into customs, values, traditions, and taboos2. Social…...

living and existing in the United States, one of the common themes and stories that is commonly spoken of is what is known as the American Dream. Indeed, even for those that never make it to the United States, many of heard of that ideal and many of htose that know of it feel it themselves. They have this idea that coming to America will change everything and that there is an endless amount of opportunity. While this may hold true for many people and in many situations, there is alternate perspective that is spoken of much less often but yet is still very real. That idea is that the American Dream can actually seem like a regression to many people. It can include a loss of money, a loss of status and a loss of confidence. While many hold the act and living out of coming of America…...

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From a mindset dictating that necessities for survival are the goal, to, say, the competitive and pretentious mindset of Beverly Hills "spoiled brats" where the vitals for survival are covered, and thereby taken for granted, by a society of people exhibiting similar behavioral problems, these Phases of Culture Shock and Signs and Symptoms of Culture Shock become quite apparent, and even more so by having lived this transition.
This text is full of examples so the reader can learn to identify and label these reasons one would experience such shock faced when one adapts to new cultural experiences and develops changed perceptions towards our own traditions and beliefs. "Shell shock" or "combat fatigue" or absentmindedness, up to a diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder makes sense once having read this text and thereby defining such psychological intricacies.

II. Critique

Due to technological advances in biological ancestry research, intercessions, strategic investigation, and the systematized analysis…...

Adjustment to a new environment or culture with unfamiliar people is often marred by significant challenges, one of which is culture shock. Culture shock is the confusion and anxiety that arises when one is exposed to unfamiliar social surroundings that are noticeably different from their own (Anjalin, Mazumdar, & Whiteside, 2017). Students, expatriates, and business people who move from one culture to another are at risk of experiencing culture shock, and need to cope with the same to enhance their performance. This text outlines some of the coping strategies that an expatriate moving to a foreign country could adapt to manage culture shock. The Scenario
An expatriate has received a promotion that requires him and his family to transfer to another country to run operations in that country. The country is not only third-world, but has different cultural norms and speaks a different language. It would be prudent to identify the coping…...

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References

Anjalin, U., Mazumdar, A., & Whiteside, E. (2017). Asian Students’ Experience of Culture Shock and Coping Strategies. Journal of Education and Social Development, 1(1), 7-13.

Chen, M. (2019). The Impact of Expatriates’ Cross-Cultural Adjustment on Work Stress and Job Involvement in the High-Tech Industry. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1), doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02228

Kim, J., Suh, W., Kim, S., & Gopalan, H. (2012). Coping Strategies to Manage Acculturative Stress: Meaningful Activity, Participation, Social Support, and Positive Emotion among Korean Immigrant Adolescents in the USA. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-Being, 7(1), doi: 10.3402/qhw.v7i0.18870

Rempel, J. N. (2011). Coping Strategies for culture Shock as Indicators of Cultural Identity. Anthro Journal. Retrieved from  

Smith, A. (2019). Helping Expatriate Employees Deal with Culture Shock. Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Retrieved from  https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/summer2019/pages/helping-expatriate-employees-deal-with-culture-shock.aspx 

https://anthrojournal.binghamton.edu/wp-contentuploads/2011/05/COPING-STRATEGIES-FOR-CULTURE-SHOCK.pdf 

Being a stranger in a strange land: the feeling of culture shock is both exciting but also unnerving. Even knowing the English language or being familiar with American culture through film and television does not mean we will not encounter culture shock in other ways. The subtle mannerisms and gestures, facial expressions, and other types of nonverbal communication prove complicating even when we know the spoken language. The food and clothing styles will be different, as will the customs, rituals, and realities of daily life. As a Russian studying abroad in the United States, I have experienced many different levels of culture shock. These experiences have made me a stronger person, contributing to the value of my international education. While Russians and Americans share in common a strong sense of individuality and national pride, I have experienced culture shock in terms of communication, lifestyle, and customs. One of the most salient…...

In what ways and to what extent does capitalism increase inequality? Be specific.Inequality is an essential aspect of capitalism. All capitalist organizations are focused on making profits. An individual would not invest their time and money to undertake a risky venture without substantial profit. Without profit, entrepreneurs would not bother setting up new firms. Increased profits lead to increased wealth differences between the population, creating inequality in the population\\\'s wealth. Employees are paid based on their skills, effort, and experience. If all employees were paid the same regardless of their abilities, they would not be motivated to increase productivity or learn new skills. Therefore, capitalism creates wage inequality by paying successful workers a higher salary to demonstrate their higher productivity. Wage inequality is inevitable in a capitalist organization since leaders and workers cannot be paid the same, and the organization remains successful. Workers are also free to change jobs and…...

This essay examines the meaning of culture and provides several possible titles and topics that may be used as starting points for developing a paper on culture. It discusses the definition of culture, how culture is developed, and how cultures change. It shows how cultural identity and cultural differences are formed and how culture diversity is a fact of life. It also explains why in spite of diverse cultures commonly existing in one group there is usually a dominant culture that comes to the fore and is promoted by the leaders of the group. The essay closes with recommendations for other ways in which a paper on culture can be written.
Culture is the heart and soul of a society, group or organization: it is the manifestation of what a particular set of people thinks, feels, believes in, and holds as ideal. It is the communication of what a people view…...

As a result, not only are foreign markets changing to adapt to the Chinese marketplace needs, the Chinese marketplace, and consumer, are likewise adapting and changing to meet the needs of the global market. For instance, the economic boom in China's urban areas is creating a new consumer culture where the consumer has more disposable income to work with. This itself has effected consumer preferences and patterns within the Chinese marketplace. The general result is that a more sophisticated Chinese consumer is emerging and foreign companies need to market to their sophisticated needs while at the same time marketing to the general population's needs.
Therefore, the most effective way for a company to build a strong brand name in the rapidly emerging Chinese market is to adapt itself to the rapidly changing Chinese culture. To do this, it is important that the foreign company create a local presence and thus…...

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Culture and Health Disparities - Filipinos
PESONAL SOCIAL STATUS: In researching this project, I found a study prepared by the Canadian Nurses Association (2005). It reviewed the social determinants of health and how one's social status impacts their or their family health outcomes. The focus of this piece was on issues such as poverty, economic inequality, social isolation and social support systems and their impact on the health of minorities, many of the same categories and characteristics mentioned in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing (Andrews et al., 2010). While their study was more on a broad base of Canadian conditions, their findings seem to reflect the circumstances of many first and second generation Filipinos. First and later generations of Filipinos who move to new cultures do act differently, but for the most part there remain many family connections and networks that cannot be overlooked.

My social status is mostly a reflection of…...

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Andrews, M. et al. (2010). Theoretical Basis for Transcultural Care. Section II. Foundations of Transcultural Nursing and Health Care. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Vol. 21. DOI: 10.1177/1043659610374321.

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McBride, M. (nd). Health and Health Care of Filipino Elders. Stanford Geriatric Education Center. Viewable at  http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/filipino.html .

"Fish becomes the leitmotif in the story. Mrs. Sen's existence as also her survival in an alien land revolves around and depends upon this food item. hen she gets it she is happy, and when it is absent from her kitchen for a long time, she sulks like a child. For Mrs. Sen fish becomes her home, her state, her neighborhood, her friend and her family. Fish gives her a sense of proximity to her people. The arrival of a tasty halibut gives her pleasure as nothing else does" (Choubey 2001). But when Mrs. Sen is rebuked for the smell of her prized fish, even this source of connection with home, however, tenuous, becomes perverted.
Some of the characters of the Interpreter of Maladies learn to negotiate their new identities and cultural terrains and bridge the cultural gaps that exist between themselves and their fellow Indians, as well as with…...

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Choubey, Asha. "Food as Metaphor in Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies."

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g. culture shock, potential solutions and/or considerations to better overcome potential negative consequences are examined during the proposed literature review.
Research Questions to Guide Exploration

The research questions proposed for this study, presented in the previous chapter will help ensure sources remain in tune with proposed aims and objectives.

1. hat challenges/scrutinizes currently confront Middle Eastern Students attending George Mason University, located in the heart of Northern

Virginia?

2. How did 911 impact policies related to Arabian students?

3. Do Arabian students and/or the U.S. gain any intrinsic value(s) from time invested to study in the U.S.

Along with answering these research questions, additional consideration will be invested in culture shock, George Mason University; U.S. government policies following the 911 disaster; positive counters to culture shock and other relevant current concerns.

2.2: In the U.S.A.

U.S. Government Policies Following the 911 Disaster

George Mason University actively promotes positive cultural interactions. Recently, it "was chosen as the only university in the…...

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Reframing Pilgrimage: Cultures in Motion by Simon Coleman and John Ead is a book that challenges the notion that sacred travel is a form of 21st century, modern, cultural mobility. The authors attempt to analyze the meanings behind Christian, Hindu, Mormon, Sufi, and Islamic pilgrimage through interpretation of traditions including pilgrimage in secular contexts. In doing so, they generate a new theory of pilgrimage and define it as a form of voluntary displacement. The newly formed meaning of voluntary displacement assists in establishing cultural meaning in an otherwise fast pace world.
Pilgrimage works on a global and individual economic scale and is recognized as a highly politically and creatively charged force intrinsically encircled in cultural and economic systems. Many works have stated how pilgrimage revolves around culture and movement and in itself represents an aspect of culture that otherwise would go unnoticed if it did not religious connotations attached to it.…...

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Badone, Ellen, and Sharon R. Roseman. Intersecting Journeys The Anthropology of Pilgrimage and Tourism. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004.

Coleman, Simon, and John Eade. Reframing Pilgrimage: Cultures in Motion. London: Routledge, 2004.

Hyndman-Rizk, Nelia. "The pilgrim church in Vienna: mobile memories at the 1912 International Eucharistic Congress." In Pilgrimage in the Age of Globalisation Constructions of the Sacred and Secular in Late Modernity, 38-55. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

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According to anthropologist Lalervo Oberg, culture shock arises when suddenly one's sense of certainty is destroyed when one enters a foreign environment. A person undergoing culture shock experiences it as a series of "upsets -- breaks in reality because people behave differently" in a new culture and because the shocked individual finds him or herself in unfamiliar circumstances (Oberg, 2007). Yet the extraordinary clash of "The Father" does not result suddenly, even though the news is sudden -- the daughter's schema of values has been changing over time, only the father has ignored it, or not wished to see this change. Oberg says the clash occurs because "families and friends are far away," but in this case, the family member is close by, yet changed by her upbringing in a new culture.

Babli feels far away to her father. Her father experiences all of the "discontent, impatience, anger, sadness, and feeling…...

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Guanipa, Carmen. "Culture Shock." San Diego University. 17 Mar 1998. 2 Jul 2007. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/CGuanipa/cultshok.htm

Mukherjee, Bharati "The Father." From Literature and the Writing Process.

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national cultue on poject contol: emiates poject manage in *xyz company case study
This wok addesses effects of national and intenational cultue upon business, using a copoate oganization in the UAE as an example. Theoetical aspects of cultue ae discussed and a detailed eseach pogam is outlined, with data fom a Pilot Study being pesented, as a basis to plan and delineate the best appoach to the oveall eseach potocols.

Intent

The goals of this manuscipt ae to evaluate the XYZ oganization in the UAE in tems of the effects of national and intenational cultue upon a business.

Appoach/Methodology/Design

The vaious aspects of a given national cultue ae used to develop theoetical hypotheses concening the manne in which cultue influences copoate actions.

Value/Oiginality

This wok offes a contibution to the field though data-povision and analysis focusing on common pesumptions that copoate actions ae modified accoding to the 'home county' cultual backgound. Paticula aspects of national cultue…...

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Coping with the Stress of Immigration in California

Immigration is a complex and multifaceted experience that can bring both opportunities and challenges to individuals and families. The stress of immigration can stem from various factors, including cultural adjustment, language barriers, financial strain, and discrimination. California, a state with a large and diverse immigrant population, has implemented various resources and strategies to help individuals cope with the unique stressors they may face.

Common Stressors of Immigration

Cultural Adjustment: Immigrants may experience culture shock, feeling disoriented and alienated in a new cultural environment. This can lead to feelings of isolation, homesickness, and difficulty adapting....

Coping with the Stress of Cultural Adjustment for Immigrants in Canada

Immigrating to a new country is a major life event that can bring with it a myriad of challenges and stressors. For immigrants in Canada, adjusting to a new culture and society can be particularly daunting, given the country's diverse population and vast geographical span. However, by understanding the common challenges faced during cultural adjustment and implementing effective coping mechanisms, immigrants can navigate this transition more successfully.

Understanding the Common Challenges

One of the most significant challenges immigrants face is culture shock, which refers to the feelings of disorientation and anxiety experienced....

The experience of culture shock can have a significant impact on the adjustment of a Canadian student studying abroad. Culture shock is the disorientation and anxiety that a person may feel when they are exposed to a new and unfamiliar culture. For a Canadian student studying abroad, this can manifest in a variety of ways, including feeling homesick, struggling to communicate in a different language, facing different academic expectations, and navigating unfamiliar social norms and customs.

The impact of culture shock on the adjustment of a Canadian student studying abroad can be both positive and negative. On the positive side, experiencing....

Impact of Culture Shock on Canadian Students Studying Abroad

Culture shock, a psychological response to the unfamiliar and often disorienting aspects of a new culture, can have a profound impact on the adjustment of Canadian students studying abroad. Its effects can range from initial disorientation and bewilderment to more serious challenges that affect the emotional, social, and academic well-being of students.

Initial Symptoms of Culture Shock

Upon arriving in the host country, Canadian students may experience an initial period of enthusiasm and excitement as they encounter the novel sights, sounds, and experiences of their new surroundings. However, this initial honeymoon phase often gives....