Preparing to Study Abroad: Learning to Cross Cultures

ISBN-13: 9781579229931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 162 str.

Steven T. Duke; Steven S. Reinemund; Ken Bouyer

Opis

This book aims to help you with your own personal journey, and to make your study abroad experience as meaningful, rewarding, and insightful as possible.

Recenzje

"I highly recommend that college students include a well-planned and rigorous international immersion experience in their college curriculum. This book makes an excellent starting place for embarking on this vital transformative journey."

Steven S. Reinemund, Dean, Wake Forest University School of Business and Retired Chariman/CEO PepsiCo

“It’s important that you, as a student in today’s world, ask yourself, ‘Am I prepared to go beyond borders? To leave my comfort zone?’ You’re reading this book, so I can only assume you are. Good for you—the business world needs talented individuals, those who take the initiative to expand their mind-set and leadership style and see the world through a broader lens.”

Ken Bouyer, Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, Ernst & Young, LLP

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Foreword 1 - Steven S. Reinemund Foreword 2 - Ken Bouyer Preface Introduction 1. What Is Cross-Cultural Engagement? 2. Why Cross-Cultural Engagement Is Often Limited, and Some Strategies to Increase It 3. Visible Dimensions of Culture. Food, Art, Clothing, Music, and Holidays 4. Visible Dimensions of Culture. Infrastructure, Technology, and Shopping 5. Less Visible Elements of Culture. Relationships 6. Less Visible Elements of Culture. Communication Styles, Religion, and Time 7. Your Identity 8. Culture Shock and Cross-Cultural Engagement 9. Additional Student Profiles 10. Conclusions Appendix. Things to Know Before You Go References Index

O autorze

Steven T. Duke serves as Executive Director of Global Student/Faculty Development, Research and Risk Management at Wake Forest University. In this role, he coordinates efforts to enhance professional development of faculty, including through the annual WISE Conference. He oversees the Cross-Cultural Engagement Program (CCE) for students and also coordinates risk-management efforts and support for students, faculty and staff who travel abroad. His research areas are: history of education in Russia, particularly during the late tsarist era, 1870's to 1914; history of ethnic minorities in the Russian empire and Soviet Union; history of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland; international education and comparative education. Steve's teaching areas are in Russian and modern European history.

Steven S. Reinemund Dean, Wake Forest University School of Business and retired Chairman / CEO, PepsiCo

Ken Bouyer Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting at Ernst & Young LLP.