Sojourners to Another Country
The Psychological Roller-Coaster of Cultural Transitions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19567251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nan M Sussman (City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Online Readings in Psychology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2307-0919 • E-ISSN: 2307-0919 |
| Publisher | Grand Valley State University Libraries - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.9707/2307-0919.1067 |
| OpenAlex | W2050887333 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 8 |
Cultural sojourners are temporary visitors to another country who return to their home country. They can be students enrolled in a foreign university or corporate employees assigned to an international branch of their company. This chapter explores the psychological aspects of the cultural transition cycle experienced by the sojourner. The concepts of enculturation and cultural identity are introduced followed by a discussion of a transition model which focuses on awareness, adjustment, adaptation, self-concept change, cultural identity response and repatriation. Ideas for minimizing repatriation distress are suggested
Acculturation · Aesthetics · Cultural identity · Enculturation · Ethnic group · Pedagogy · Political science · Repatriation · Roller coaster · Sociology · Tribalism · Anthropology · Cultural Differences and Values · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Engineering · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Impact of Language Socialization on the Linguacultural and Motivational Profiles of Multilingual Learners
Desire, freedom, and pain in English learners’ emotional responses to SLA
The impact of language socialization in the context of family, education, and sojourn on emotional, psychological, and identity responses to language learning
Return migration, failed reintegration and tragedy in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
Understanding ethnic differences in perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours
Culture Change and Eating Patterns
The Influence Region of Origin, Area of Residence Prior to Migration, Religion, and Perceived Discrimination on Acculturation Strategies Among sub-Saharan African Migrants in Australia
Meeting Adversity with Resilience
Identifying factors influencing attitudes towards species conservation – a transnational study in the context of zoos
Housing Satisfaction and Quality of Life Among Temporary residents in the United States
The role of intercultural competence, in the relationship between intercultural experiences and creativity among students
Psychosocial adaptation of Turkish return migrants and factors affecting their intention to remigrate to Europe
Acculturation Orientations, Professional Interventions and Burnout amongst Ethnic Minority Social Workers Working with Ethnic Minority Clients
A Beautiful Experience”
The OE goes ‘home’
A Home Away from Home
Tourism futures and Working Holiday Maker schemes
A guest for a day? An analysis of Uzbek ‘language migration’ into the Japanese educational and labour markets
The Transformative Power of the International Sojourn
Cultural identity change in expatriates
Culture and the self
The Dynamic Nature of Cultural Identity Throughout Cultural Transitions
A study of cross-cultural effectiveness
Repatriation transitions
Re-entry research and training
Testing the cultural identity model of the cultural transition cycle
Culture and the self
The self and social behavior in differing cultural contexts
| Citations per year | 1.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |