HCOM Ch.5
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- Culture Shock
- A stressful transition to an unfamiliar environment
- ABC's of Culture Shock
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Affectively
Behaviorally
Cognitively - Culture Shock Pro
- Effective management brings positive well-being, self-esteem, and behavioral competence
- Culture Shock Con
- Psychosomatic problems, affective upheavals, interaction awkwardness, and cognitive exhaustion
- The U curved Model
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1. Initial adjustment: happy
2. Crisis: stress
3. Regained adjustment: settling in -
W Shaped Model
Honeymoon Stage -
1
Excited, curios about new environment -
W Shaped Model
Hostility Stage -
2.
Major emotional upheavals. Loss of self-esteem and confidence. -
W Shaped Model
Humorous Stage -
3.
Learn to laugh at their cultural faux pas. -
W Shaped Model
In-Sync Adjustment Stage -
4.
At home, experience identity secure. -
W Shaped Model
Ambivalence Stage -
5.
Greif, nostalgia, pride, relief at going home -
W Shaped Model
Reentry Culture Shock Stage -
6.
Not anticipating reentry shock. Sometimes worse than entry shock. - Resocialization Returnees
- Do not recognize having learned new skills. They resocialize quietly.
- Alienated Returnees
- Aware of new skills, difficult applying. They feel like onlookers in theor home culture.
- Proactive Returness
- Highly aware of new values and skills. They often integrate their new skills into their old culture.