wellness: D ealing with culture shock MICHAEL KIM ZAPF Faculty of Social Work‚ The University of Calgary‚ Edmonton Division Abstract. Cross-cultural communication has emerged as a major concern for the helping professions in our multicultural society. Much has been written about recognizing the cultural biases inherent in all problem-solving and development models as well as improving communication between cultural groups. There are some situations‚ however‚ where culture itself is the problem
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Culture Shock Introductory Paragraph: Moving to different country can be an exciting‚ even exhilarating experience. In a new environment‚ you somehow feel more alive; seeing new sights‚ eating new food‚ hearing and foreign sounds of a new language and feeling a different skin against your skin stimulate your senses as never before. Soon‚ however‚ this sensory bombardment becomes sensory overload. Suddenly‚ new experiences seem stressful rather than stimulating‚ and delight turns into discomfort
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What is Culture Shock? I would best describe Culture Shock as a roller coaster ride- fun and exciting‚ yet a little scary and daunting. It happens from Country to Country‚ from state to state‚ city to city and within neighborhoods. Not everybody experiences it in the exact same way. Culture Shock occurs when one enters an unfamiliar place where cultural traits‚ social norms‚ beliefs and customs may not be in line with what they are familiar with. Wikipedia best describes Culture Shock in four
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Case study (ch 9) Kelly’s assignment in japan Kelly is an American woman that has been given an assignment and been sticking to it‚ trying to fix things out. at the same time ‚she is risking her life‚ her children’s life and her husband’s work and life aswell ‚she may lose her own job or atleast her promised promotion if she doesn’t succeed in the assignment . 1)explain the clashes in cluture‚ customs‚ and expectations that occurred in this situation : First of all ‚after arriving to the
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Critically discuss the experience of “culture shock” as described in 1 Reading by Frances Henry‚ and the Lecture on “Culture Shock”. Plus 1 Additional assigned Reading or Video from the Course Based on the accounts of many Caribbean immigrants‚ it is apparent that each individual experienced cultures shock in different ways. Regardless of their experiences‚ it still remains one of the most common issues they deal with as they arrive and attempt to settle in Canada. Most immigrants struggled
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Culture in simplicity is a body of learned behavior‚ a collection of beliefs‚ habits and traditions‚ shared by a group of people and successively learned by people who enter the society. Furthermore‚ culture is learned‚ not inherited. If this is correct‚ then it can be assumed that it is not impossible to learn new cultural traits and to unlearn old ones. Therefore‚ it must be feasible to integrate cultural differences. Cultural adaptation would involve many essentials as‚ language; verbal and non-verbal
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Culture Shock • If you were visiting and studying the Yanomamo‚ describe what you would have done to prepare yourself for possible culture shock. • Describe a personal experience you have had where you experienced culture shock. What components of culture were you shocked by? • Explain how understanding the major components of culture are important in a situation such as the one you or Napoleon Chagnon experienced. To prepare myself for the possibility of culture shock‚
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Culture shock is the trauma people experience when they move to a culture that differs markedly from their own. The shock of moving to a foreign country consists of five stages: honeymoon‚ crisis‚ adjustment‚ acceptance and reentry. The first stage is fascination and happiness. You see a new culture in a romantic light. Everything seems new and interesting; you want to try new food and explore places. Person feels confident and don’t see problems and difficulties. This stage usually called "honeymoon"
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Culture shock story Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country‚ a move between social environments‚ or simply travel to another type of life. Have you ever been in a country‚ where “no” means “yes”? Being in a country‚ with different traditions and views about life‚ can be surprising and confusing at first. Communicating with people when you are abroad‚ is one of the factors‚ that can
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adjusting to a new culture‚ the feeling of the culture shock. This paper also addresses the issue of whether over time there is an increasing “Europeanization” (convergence) of human resource management practices in the companies. The issue of convergence in human resource practices has important implications for human resource managers in multinationals who operate in Europe and the transferability of human resource practices. KEYWORDS: human resource practice‚ cultural shock‚ expatriate job performance
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