Culture Shock Essay

Shannon was upset that her Mother was making her move and felt like she was splitting the family apart. Although she was raised to be respectful and well mannered, she did not agree with her Mother’s decision. Culture is generally considered the main…

Now a day’s companies are mixture of global competitor with multiple countries with different social, legal and political constrain with different cultures and languages. There are three important characteristics to increased the complexity of the globalization; multiplicity, interdependence, ambiguity. Interdependence is the fast movement of capital information. Multiplicity deals with the organization and government people, it’s not about just people but it is about “more and different”.…

students from Asia on an American college campus showed that these students often felt marginalized and isolated from the other students, leading to negative views on both ends (Sato and Hodge). Most of the time, these differences in language and in culture lead to alienation among international students, not being able to forge bonds with the American students, but with the other Asian students (Sato and Hodge). This is all caused by the foreignness that the American students see in them, as…

The first challenge that all New Americas face is the physical move. Leaving their family roots, leaving the familiar and the disorientation that is to come. Traveling to an unknown area where you have no idea what is going to happen or how you are going to live can be a difficult obstacle. They are overwhelmed with the unknown, knowing no one, and having no one to help guide them as they settle upon a new life. Bashar, an Iraqi, came to the United States in 2009 all alone at the age of 20. In a…

stress levels, shrinks the time of acclimation to a new environment, and produces higher performing employees. “It was hypothesized that managers who receive rigorous cross-cultural training before and during the assignment will not suffer intense culture shock and will become effective more rapidly than managers who have not had cross-cultural training.” (Eschbach, Parker, and Stoeberl 270). Due to the high cost associated with sending employees to assignments overseas, it is crucial that…

is an experience where we learn, understand and appreciate another person’s culture, values, and beliefs. For my cross-cultural experience, I interviewed Besarta Kume. She is a fellow student from my class, who is from a Muslim background, and she immigrated to Canada from Kosovo two years ago. Moving to a new country she encountered many obstacles, but mostly experienced language/communication barrier and culture shock. Uprooting your life and moving to a new country can be scary and lonely…

According to “Transactional Nursing: A Book of Readings” by Pamela Brink and Judith Saunders, there are four stages of culture shock that are defined as follows (keep in mind that I’m paraphrasing). The honeymoon phase is the first phase of culture shock, it is when you accept the change and feel very optimistic towards it. Secondly, there is the disenchantment phase, which is where you feel disenchanted by the change as you may have guessed. A lot of the time you may skip the honeymoon phase…

Cultural Shock far and near. Turillo, Shawn, M. Keiser University Cultural Shock far and near. My first time into Kuwait was a massive culture shock, as there were no trees as far as you could see. I stepped off the plane it was like stepping from a refrigerator into an oven. The extreme heat just took your breath away. The next thing I noticed was the smell. It was the most horrid, rancid smell I have ever experienced. It was so bad that I can’t even begin to explain what it was comparable…

To become culturally intelligent and hence be able to adapt to other cultures, an individual needs to take a step back from their own culture and become culturally self-aware of those around themselves. Cultural awareness is the act of observing and understanding the culture of individuals around yourself. This is done by taking a step back from one’s own culture and seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. (Quappe and Cantatore, 2005, p. 1) Cultural intelligence is stated by Brislin,…

Differences of Culture Outsource is a movie where Todd learns that his company is shutting down and moving to India not only that but he will be training his counterpart in Mumbai. This movie shows a lot of culture and how things are differently from united states. Outsource shows how Todd gets culture shock, adjustment and differences of culture. When Todd gets to the airport he experiences culture shock because he feels confused and outcast. As soon he got off the plane he struggles with…