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Culture shock refers to the difficulties people experience adjusting to a new culture different from their own. It involves feeling cut off from familiar cultural cues, living in an ambiguous situation, and questioning one's own lifestyle and values. People typically experience stages including a honeymoon period upon arrival marked by excitement, followed by unhappiness as differences emerge, then recovery as routines are established and adaptation as the new culture is accepted. Symptoms include homesickness, confusion, and irritability. To overcome culture shock, one should keep busy, make local friends, focus on positives, learn about the culture, and avoid criticizing it.
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Culture shock results from the stress of living in a new culture with differences in language, food, customs, and more. There are typical stages of culture shock such as a honeymoon phase, homesickness, depression, anger, and eventual acceptance of the new culture. Common symptoms include frustration, fatigue, disorientation, boredom, and physical problems like headaches or stomachaches. Both obvious differences like language, climate, and religion, as well as less obvious differences such as how people relate to teachers, make decisions, and express feelings can contribute to culture shock.
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Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings of disorientation experienced when immersed in an unfamiliar culture. It consists of four phases - honeymoon, negotiation, adjustment, and mastery. The honeymoon phase involves fascination with the new culture, while the negotiation phase sees differences become apparent and cause anxiety. In the adjustment phase, occurring around 6-12 months, people develop routines and understand the culture more. Finally, the mastery phase involves fully participating comfortably in the new culture. Examples of cultural differences provided include gestures, greetings, and etiquette around food.
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Cultural shock refers to the difficulty people experience when adjusting to a new culture markedly different from their own. It causes emotional and physical discomfort. There are various phases of cultural shock one may go through, including an initial honeymoon phase, a negotiation phase with feelings of isolation and frustration, an adjustment phase of fighting to fit in, and ultimately a mastery phase. Returning home after adjusting to a new culture can also cause reverse cultural shock. To cope with cultural shock, one should take care of themselves, reduce uncertainty, get away periodically to relax, and assume control over their environment and schedule. Organizational culture refers to the shared psychology, attitudes, beliefs and values that shape behavior and goals within a company. Conflicting organizational
Culture shock
The document discusses culture shock, defining it as the physical or emotional discomfort one feels when moving to a new country or culture. It outlines the common symptoms of culture shock like loneliness, loss of identity, and homesickness. The stages of culture shock are also presented, including the initial "honeymoon" stage, a subsequent emptiness phase, a conformist phase as one gains understanding, and finally an assimilation phase where one fully accepts the new culture. Specific examples of culture shock in Japan are provided related to housing, food, clothing, schools, festivals, and making friends. The conclusion emphasizes that culture shock can be a serious problem but preparing to adjust one's behavior can help a person adapt more easily to a new culture
The Culture shock of living abroad
Culture shock refers to the anxiety and discomfort experienced when living in a foreign country with a different culture. Symptoms include loneliness, lack of identity, and hostility. There are typically four stages of culture shock: the honeymoon phase, emptiness phase, conformist phase, and assimilation phase. To help adjust, one should get acquainted with the local neighborhood, smile at others, join tours to learn about the new culture, and maintain an open mind. Culture shock can create problems for newcomers, but learning and adapting the new culture with an open mind can help avoid severe culture shock.
Cultural Shock
Cultural shock is experienced when moving to a culture different from one's home culture. The document discusses the stages of cultural shock, including a honeymoon phase, shock, negotiation, and acceptance. It also outlines strategies for coping with cultural shock such as understanding a new culture from the locals' perspective. Expatriates may experience reverse culture shock upon returning home as their views have changed living abroad. Training and support are important for navigating cultural adjustment.
Cultural shock
Cultural shock occurs when moving to a culture different from one's home culture. It involves communication problems, different standards of living, and uncertainty. There are typically five stages of cultural shock: excitement, crisis, adjustment, acceptance, and reentry crisis. Symptoms can be alleviated through selecting culturally-prepared employees, pre-departure training, feedback, and developing skills for the assignment. Cultural shock also impacts people socially and financially as social networks are lost and financial practices differ. Understanding one's public and private self can help navigate cultural norms around sharing personal information.
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Cultural shock occurs when living in a culture different from one's own and can cause physical or emotional discomfort. It happens in stages including a honeymoon period, frustration with the new culture, adjustment, mastery of the new culture, reverse culture shock upon returning home, and eventual acceptance and integration. Understanding the stages and symptoms of cultural shock, which include isolation, homesickness, and lack of confidence, can help expatriates and travelers adjust to a new place.
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Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings of disorientation experienced when immersed in an unfamiliar culture. It consists of four phases - honeymoon, negotiation, adjustment, and mastery. The honeymoon phase involves fascination with the new culture, while the negotiation phase sees differences become apparent and cause anxiety. In the adjustment phase, occurring around 6-12 months, people develop routines and understand the culture more. Finally, the mastery phase involves fully participating comfortably in the new culture. Examples of cultural differences provided include gestures, greetings, and etiquette around food.
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Cultural shock
Cultural shock occurs when living in a culture different from one's own and can cause physical or emotional discomfort. It happens in stages including a honeymoon period, frustration with the new culture, adjustment, mastery of the new culture, reverse culture shock upon returning home, and eventual acceptance and integration. Understanding the stages and symptoms of cultural shock, which include isolation, homesickness, and lack of confidence, can help expatriates and travelers adjust to a new place.
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Culture Shock!
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- Maintaining harmony ( “saving face” – “lose face” )
- not be too direct when :
+ giving criticism
+ making requests
+ expressing needs and opinions
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“Ping-Pong” Conversation Styles
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if one person doesn’t say enough or ask enough questions to keep the conversation moving, the conversation stops.
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If either person talks too much, the other feel that the other monopolizes the conversation.
VIDEO 2
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-listening politely
-without interrupting
“ Bowling” Conversation Styles
One’s turn depends on status, age, and the relationship to the other person.
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judging another culture by the beliefs in your own culture.
believing your culture is the best.
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recognizing differences
avoid assumption and do not pre-judge
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Effects Of Culture Shock
This document discusses the effects and typical patterns of culture shock. It describes culture shock as a sense of uprootedness and disorientation when familiar behaviors are seen as bad manners in a new culture. Typical reactions to culture shock include assuming something is wrong with the new culture rather than oneself, overvaluing one's own culture and defining it in moral terms while undervaluing the new culture. The document notes that culture shock can occur towards those different in country, race, gender, age, religion, occupation or region. Overcoming culture shock requires consciously understanding other cultures' reasonableness rather than assuming moral faults.
Cultural Competency
This document provides guidance on cultural competency. It defines cultural competency as the ability to interact effectively and respectfully with people from different cultures. There are four components of cultural competency: awareness of one's own cultural worldview, attitude towards cultural differences, knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and cross-cultural skills. It emphasizes that everyone has biases and cultural influences that should be acknowledged. It provides self-assessment questions to help individuals understand their own cultural identities and worldviews. It also discusses important concepts like ethnocentrism and the stages of developing a positive attitude towards cultural differences. Finally, it provides overviews of the cultures of communities that have been resettled in Louisville to build knowledge of
Culture shock theory
The document discusses culture shock theory and identifies four common stages of culture shock: fun, flight, fight, and fit. It describes each stage, from the initial excitement of cultural differences during the "honeymoon" stage, to the distress of homesickness and confusion, to re-integration and eventual independence as one accepts and embraces their new cultural environment. Coping strategies like keeping in touch with home, focusing on controllable factors, seeking help, and comparing/contrasting cultures are presented to help overcome culture shock. The document argues that experiencing culture shock through these stages is a significant learning experience that increases cultural awareness.
Sheray felice reverse culture shock
Reverse culture shock occurs when one returns home after living abroad and experiencing a new culture. There are typically four stages of reverse culture shock: disengagement from the host country, initial euphoria at being home, irritability and hostility as adjustments are made, and eventual readjustment and adaptation. The transition can be difficult as returnees may feel isolated, like they no longer fit in, or that their experiences abroad are not understood. Universities often provide less support for reverse culture shock than for initial culture shock experienced abroad. Seeking out others who have also lived abroad and maintaining connections to the host country can help ease the process of adjusting back home.
Cultural and diversity awareness workshop
This document discusses cultural and diversity awareness. It defines prejudice and discrimination and encourages sharing experiences of feeling included and excluded. It emphasizes the importance of making people feel included by remembering names, listening, involving everyone, and understanding different abilities, cultures, values and beliefs. It also discusses disability, mental health, well-being, and indicators of mental distress. The document stresses cultural awareness, including different concepts of culture, language barriers, and cultural differences regarding etiquette, socializing, religion, gender, and relationships. It encourages learning names, engaging with other cultures, and focusing on open-minded communication and understanding differences.
Cultural Adaptation by The Positive Expat
This document discusses the stages of cultural adaptation that individuals typically experience when moving to a new culture. It outlines five stages: the honeymoon stage, culture shock stage, recovery stage, adaptation stage, and potential reverse culture shock when returning home. The culture shock stage involves feelings like anxiety, homesickness, anger and confusion due to differences between the new and home cultures. Later stages involve developing understanding of both cultures and gaining confidence in the new culture. The document advocates learning social/behavioral norms and building support systems to aid successful long-term cultural adaptation.
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This document discusses several key aspects of cultural differences, including individualism vs collectivism, high-context vs low-context communication, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance. It also covers culture shock, describing the typical stages people experience when adjusting to a new culture like the honeymoon stage, irritability, gradual adjustment, and adaptation. Finally, it provides signs of culture shock and tips for dealing with culture shock, such as getting involved in activities, embracing the new culture, and reaching out for support.
Cultural Adjustment.pptx
This document discusses the cultural adjustment cycle people experience when moving between cultures. It describes the various stages of entering a new culture, including an initial honeymoon period, culture shock, adjustment, mental isolation, and finally acceptance and integration into the new culture. Similarly, when re-entering one's home culture, people may experience return anxiety before leaving, a brief return honeymoon period, and then re-entry shock as they readjust and find ways to reintegrate their overseas experiences. Successfully navigating these cultural adjustment cycles involves strategies like creating mementos, finding language exchange partners, and connecting with other returnees.
CULTURAL TOLERANCE
This document discusses cultural tolerance and defines key concepts. It defines tolerance as recognizing human rights and freedoms of others without judgment. It says being culturally responsive requires openness to different views and honoring differences. Some tips for fostering tolerance include viewing differences positively, focusing on inclusion, and remembering our shared world. The document also defines enculturation as learning one's own culture through family and acculturation as adapting to other cultures through exposure to them. It notes enculturation is essential for survival while acculturation is not.
Lec 6 & 7.pptx
This document provides an introduction to sociological concepts of culture. It defines culture as the intangible beliefs and thoughts as well as tangible objects of a group. It discusses how culture determines our interactions and views of the world. It also explains that while some aspects of culture are universal, many aspects vary across cultures and change over time. The document then explores specific cultural concepts like values, norms, symbols, and language and how they shape a society. It also analyzes theoretical perspectives on culture from functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism.
Communicating in a multicultural workplace
Participants need to feel that they are being understood and respected throughout the organization. They need to feel that their ideas and concerns are being heard. Those conditions create strong motivation and momentum for change.
It can be a major challenge to work in multicultural environments where your clients’ organizations have values, beliefs and certain conventions that are distinctly different from yours.
An organization’s culture is driven by the values throughout that organization. Quite often, decisions in organizations are based on the strong values among its members. To help your employees or clients make meaningful decisions and to understand decisions that they may have made already it is extremely important that you have some understanding of the culture and values of other groups or organizations.
Business etiquette
Business etiquette is important for making positive first impressions and successful interactions. Some key points covered in the document include:
- Professional etiquette like handshakes, introductions, and small talk help establish trust and relationships. Body language, attire, and communication style should match audience expectations.
- Dining etiquette involves proper table manners for various foods, following the host's lead, and understanding formal place settings. Business meals require moderation and etiquette helps discussions go smoothly.
- Cocktail parties are for networking, not socializing. Strategies like greeting others and asking questions help start conversations. Correspondence and technology also have etiquette for polite and effective communication.
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The document discusses various aspects of etiquette including:
- Definitions of etiquette as the established forms, manners, and ceremonies in social relations.
- Where etiquette is required such as personal, family, home, schools, offices, and socially.
- Why etiquette is required including for careers, building relationships, and differentiating oneself.
- Types of etiquette including personal etiquette regarding dress, hygiene, and behavior, office etiquette, dining etiquette, hotel etiquette, and etiquette for parties and travel.
- Factors that influence etiquette like upbringing, education, and personal habits and characteristics.
26 etiquettes
The document provides information on various aspects of etiquette. It discusses the definition of etiquette, where it is required such as personal, family, office settings. It emphasizes the importance of etiquette for career and relationships. Specific topics covered include personal etiquette regarding dress, hygiene and behavior, family etiquette, office etiquette including telephone manners and interactions with colleagues, and dining etiquette including table settings and manners. Factors influencing etiquette like physical appearance, psychology, and environment are also mentioned. Tips for etiquette in different social settings like hotels and cocktail parties are provided.
Ethnocentrism By Liezel G. Matayom (1).pptx
Ethnocentrism is judging another culture based on the standards of one's own culture rather than the standards of that other culture. It involves viewing one's own culture as superior and applying its cultural values and standards to other cultures. This can lead to negative views of other cultures and result in discrimination or xenophobia. The opposite is cultural relativism, which involves understanding other cultures based on their own cultural contexts and perspectives rather than one's own. Ethnocentrism can cause problems in organizations by hindering flexible decision-making about foreign subsidiaries and promoting unrealistic comparisons and societal polarization.
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- 3. What is culture shock? • Being cut off from the cultural cues and known patterns with which you are familiar • Living and working over an extended period of time in a situation that is new, ambiguous, and complex • Being rejected by/and/or rejecting members of the new culture • Feeling surprise, anxiety, even disgust and indignation after becoming aware of cultural differences • Brings your own lifestyle, value, culture, and thoughts into question • Being continually expected to function at maximum level, skill, and speed where societal rules are unknown
- 4. Or put in a much simpler way culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs from their own.
- 6. Honeymoon stage(Arrival) • VIP feeling • Everything is new, interesting, untested, and exciting • Feel energetic and enthusiastic • A large wish to see new places and things and meet a large number of new people
- 8. Culture shock/ Feeling unhappy • Reality sets in about timeframe, location • You become aware of cultural differences • Confusion, anxiety, homesickness, feeling overwhelmed, and even angry • Find the behavior of people unusual and “weird” • Begin to criticize host culture, mock, or even show animosity • Actually begin to dislike the host culture, blame it for your problems
- 9. Recovery (adjusting) • Feeling safety again • Developing routines and knowing how to react in different circumstances • Making friends • One begins to accept the culture ways with a positive attitude
- 10. Adaptation(Completion) • Enthusiasm! • Enjoyment of daily life • Sometimes preference given to new culture over own culture (i.e. food, dress, etc…) • Adopt certain behavioral traits and language phrases • The feeling of never wanting to leave • Forging strong relationships • Accept culture with positive attitude • Gain problem-solving skills
- 11. Symptoms of culture shock • Homesickness • Nostalgia • Frustration • Confusion • Loneliness • Insecurity • Depression • Hyper-irritability • Sleep and eating disturbances • Stereotyping • Excessive drinking • Excessive fear of being robed, deluded, injured • Extreme concerns over sanitation • Loss of focus and ability to complete tasks • Retreat from other people
- 12. How to overcome culture shock? • Keep busy and active • Establish strong friendships with people from the host culture • Think about the positive things of the culture • Realize that everybody who goes abroad experiences culture shock • Be an avid learner • Set short-term goals
- 13. • Find someone from your country that has been there longer. Use that person to gain perspective • Avoid foreigners who spend their time complaining about the host culture. • Avoid criticizing the host culture yourself • Work at maintaining a healthy sense of humor. Laugh at yourself! • When talking about experiences, focus on your feelings rather than the causes How to overcome culture shock? (continuation)
- 14. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. In the critical period: •Choose to become an explorer in the new culture •Accept the challenge of self-reflection •Take responsibility for your own cultural adjustment