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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Pre-departure"”.
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Validation of Goals for Pre-Departure Missionary Orientation
… orientation programs facilitate missionary preparedness. Orientation is more effective if driven by valid and suitable goals determined before methods are selected and programs implemented. This study attempted to identify valid goals for pre-departure programs and develop a framework for …
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Intercultural Communication: Pre-Departure Orientation for Study Abroad Students
… student population, so does the need of how we prepare our student cohorts for their study abroad experience. The Intercultural Communication: Pre-Departure Orientation for Study Abroad Students is a project designed to start the process of intercultural communication skills building prior to a …
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Intercultural learning for international students: Designing a pre-departure orientation
… inbound exchange students participate in pre-departure orientations to prepare them for their experiences in the United States. It is vital that these pre-departure orientation programs lay the groundwork for mutual understanding by fostering intercultural sensitivity and developing …
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Learning/Volunteer Abroad (LVA) Programs at the University of Ottawa: An Examination of the Preparation and Training Students Receive Prior to Departure
… in terms of skills development and career preparation as one component in their internationalization policies and priorities. Scholarly studies on international education and LVA programs have examined university internationalization priorities in promoting international experiential …
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A Phenomenological Study of Cultural Transition and Adjustment of Asian Undergraduate International Students Using Different Cross-Cultural Treatments
… The purpose of this study was to examine the pre-departure and post-arrival cultural knowledge, transition, and adjustment of Eastern Asian undergraduate international students who completed a pre-departure cultural preparation treatment or received the university's standard international …
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Student perspectives on study abroad: the case of Louisiana State University's summer internships in the French Alps
… four phases of the study abroad experience: the pre-departure orientation (4 days on LSU’s main campus), the in-country stay (4 weeks in the French Alps), re-entry into the United States (first 10 days upon return), and post study (6 months after re-entry). Extensive participant observation was …
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The Expatriate Adjustment Process: Implications of the Cross -Cultural Context on Learning the Environment Following a Work -Role Transition
… with reactions to surprise is a significant predictor of adjustment. Cultural distance, experience in the host culture and pre-departure preparation and training were all associated with the level of surprise reported.
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A study of the adjustment problems experienced by workers undertaking short term international relocation
… and the availability or non-availability of pre-departure training. The conceptual framework for this study was developed by referring to difficulties uncovered in the literature review on the topic of international relocation. Questionnaire items were adapted from previously published …
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The French Expatriate Assignment: Helping Accompanying Spouses to Adapt by Assuming the Role of Anthropologist
… I was led to the conclusion that adequate, <em>pre-departure</em> preparation is indispensable to an expatriate spouse's successful cross-cultural adaptation. To improve the efficacy of pre-departure training, I propose providing expatriate spouses with personal trainers who will teach them to …
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A needs assessment of third culture children and the administrative implications for an orientation program
… children by rating sixteen goals for a pre-departure orientation on the variables of importance, responsibility and attainability. Mean scores of each of the variables were used to compute a criticality quotient, based on the Westinghouse Needs Assessment Model, to be used in determining …
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Standardized Checklists versus Variable Checklist: An Evaluation in a Light Twin Simulator
… time required for each subject to perform the pre-departure checklist was recorded. The results indicated that there was significant difference in time between groups and over for trials (1-6). There was no significant difference between groups after a fault was introduced in trials seven and …
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Best Practices for Increasing Diversity in Study Abroad: A Manual for Small Private Co-Ed Universities in the United States
… Education (2105), students of color represent only 25.7 percent of all American undergraduate study abroad participants. Given the noted benefits of study abroad, such as intercultural competency, global awareness, and personal development, it is important for all students to have an …
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Re-entry training and education for returning sojourner undergraduates of French grandes écoles
<p>This study is a design and delivery of a comprehensive re-entry training program which has been implemented to meet the needs of returning French engineering grande ecole undergraduate sojourners.</p> <p>With particular attention to the historical and specific character of a grande ecole's …
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HOW MENTAL HEALTH, SOJOURNER ADJUSTMENT, AND DRINKING MOTIVES IMPACT ALCOHOL-RELATED CONSEQUENCES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD
… where alcohol is often more accessible. While previous studies have explored the impact that a range of factors has on alcohol-related consequences for students abroad, none has examined the impact that mental health has on consequences. The present study sought to address this gap in the …
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An exploration of the experiences of expatriates and their accompanying spouses in terms of contact theory and intercultural competence
… Ideally the support would include both pre-departure cultural training and ongoing access to a skilled cultural mentor. The development of intercultural competence beyond Minimization requires self-reflection and an examination of assumptions, and this process is rarely followed without …
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The Legal Protection of Women Migrant Domestic Workers: A Comparative Analysis of the Philippines and Sri Lanka
… at three distinct stages of the migration cycle: pre-departure, employment in the host country, and on return. In doing so, it assesses the extent to which their domestic legal frameworks are protecting such workers against rights violations and exploitation, on paper and in practice, by reference …
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Challenges for expatriate managers:an exploration of cross-cultural management, adjustment, and training issues faced by Anglo-American managers in Hong Kong
… is derived from the study data. It consists of a pre-departure briefing, post-arrival cross-cultural training, language training in basic Cantonese and in how to communicate more effectively in English with non-native speakers, and the assignment of a mentor to newly arrived expatriate managers.
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The initial post-arrival adjustment process of recently arrived humanitarian entrants : a case study of entrants from Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan in Sydney, Australia
… the settlement process being identified as a precursor to understanding the long-term adjustment process. A literature review on settlement adjustment from a multidisciplinary approach confirmed the dearth of research on early refugee settlement experience in Australia and overseas for groups …
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Malleability of Cognitive Style and its Implications for Management Practice
… process information. The contribution of the present research is to increase knowledge of cognitive style and the acculturation process. It provides information for industry and education about how training and development strategies could be designed to improve the success of international …
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To identify issues that impact upon the acculturation and adaptation of Chinese Mandarin-speaking students taking undergraduate studies in British business schools
… the research aims and objectives.Adopting interpretivism as the research philosophical stance, this research investigation chose to use the convergent parallel mixed methods, so as to collect and analyse data deductively and test the existing theories. A web based survey among three groups of …
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