This document discusses culture shock and provides information about a group project. It defines culture shock as the emotional and physical discomfort felt when moving to a new environment with a different culture. It outlines the typical four stages of culture shock: honeymoon stage, frustration stage, adjustment stage, and acceptance stage. It also lists common reactions people experience during culture shock such as anxiety, disappointment, and longing for family. The document provides tips for coping with culture shock and adapting to a new culture. It concludes with examples of cultural differences between countries like how to greet people in India versus the USA.

1. Group Innerstar

2.  Md. Osman Gani Id No : 66
 Akash Shikder Id No : 82
 Nadia Binta Noor Id No : 92
 Md. Mamun Hasan Id No: 96
 Fahima Akter Id No : 114
 Nasrin Akter Id No : 112

3. What is Culture?
Society
Traditions
Religion
Politics
Art &
Literature
Philosophy
Science &
Technology
Ethical
values

4. •The difficulty have adjusting to new culture people had different
markedly from their own.
•Emotional and physical discomfort that person feels while moving
to new environment.

5. •Feeling rejected by members of the new culture.
•Loss of self-esteem because you don’t seem to be functioning very
effectively.
•Doubt over your own cultural values.

6. Four stages of Culture shock-
• Honeymoon stage – Fun
• Frustation Stage – Flight
• Adjustment Stage – Fight
• Acceptance Stage - Fit

7. • Arrival
• Person is excited and experiencing new way of life
• Overwhelming positive
• Duration : could last up to 6 months

8. Reactions
• Excitement
• Hope
• Anticipation
• Expectations are developed
• Opportunities are assessed with unrealistic optimism

9. •Anxiety arises
•Miscommunication
•Disappointment
•Facing problems
•Duration : usuallyaround 3 months (depending on individual)

10. Reactions
• Test stereotype
• Cling to past culture
• Opportunities are assessed with unrealistic pessimism

11. • Acceptance
• Need to survive
• Things begin to seems “normal”
• Gaining more understanding of the new culture
• Duration : usually 6 to 12 months

12. • Adaption
• A feeling of comfort
• Getting involved
• Full participation with new culture

13. Reactions
• Development of Friendships
• Emotionally settled
• Social participation

14. • By going back this may take place
• returning to one’s home culture after growing accustomed to a new
one can produce the same effects as described above
• The affected person often finds this more surprising and diffcult to
deal with than the orginal cultural shock.

16. • Feel unable to cope with new culture
• Overwhelmed by constant confusing situations
• Support system is gone- missionary colages are strong-willed and
appear successful- too embrrassed to admit any weakness
• Dagger of unrealistic expectations, measuring up to expectations
• Masks are used to hide our uncertainties making quality
relationships impossible.

17. Lonliness, melancholy
Loss of identity
Lack of confidence
Longing for family
Anger, irritability, unwillingness to interact with others
Aches, pain and allergies
Feeling, depressed and powerless
Insomnia

18. Intense discomfort
Homesickness
Isolation
Frustration
Sleeping
Nervousness
Crying

19. •Language: being unfamiliar with the new language.
•Relationship: being seperated from old relationship and building
new relationship.
•Routine: changing in shopping patterns, transportation, banking,
recreation, cooking, medical care, driving habits, patterns of
communication etc.
•Physical Health: hygiene, infectious disease etc.

21. Information Overload
Language Barrier
Generation gap
Technology gap
Skill Interdependence

22. • Shape your personality
•Adaptation
• Become comfortable in the new place
• Experience of new things
•Teach valuable lesson

23. Clusters provide a convenient way to-
 Analyze similarities and differences between cultural groups.
 Make meaningful generaliuzations about culture and
leadership.

24. Clusters were found to be unique regional clusters that represent 10
distinct groups –
• Anglo
• Latin Europe
• Nordic Europe
• Germanic Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Latin America
• Middle East
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Southern Asia
• Confucian Asia.

25. • Learn as much about your host country as possible
• Find logical reasons for cultural differences
• Identify a host national,whom you trust and dissscuss your feelings
• Don’t disparage your host culture
• Work with the culture rather than against it
• Listen and observe, think and then talk
• Focus on the benefits of differences

26.  Keep an open mind
 Make an effort to learn the local language
 Get acquainted with the social conduct of your new environment
 Don’t take cultural familarity or knowledge at face-value
 Make sure you get to know people in your new environment
 Try to achieve a sense of stability in your life
 Most importantly, maintain a sense of humor

27. • Canadian people (on te french side) find digusting how Mexicans
eat french fries and pizza with their hands.
•Don’t ever kiss an Indian. There is no such provision for kissinga
person to great him or jer. It is considered as a sexual act.
•In China when you are given a business card you are suppose to
hold it with both hands.
•In the USA if you sneeze excuse yourself don’t wait for others to
say bless you like Mexicans are used to.