Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities

ISBN-13: 9781138575912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 206 str.

Adam Komisarof; Zhu Hua

Opis

This book generates a fresh, complex view of the process of globalization by examining how work, scholarship, and life inform each other among university faculty members as they navigate their interpersonal relationships at work.

Spis treści

Foreword: The Pleasure of Peeking Behind the Curtains...1.Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities: An Introduction Adam Komisarof & Zhu Hua Part 1: Acculturation Dynamics 2.Organizational Membership Negotiated, Denied, and Gained: A Limited Breakthrough of the Rice Paper Ceiling in Japan Adam Komisarof  3. Twists and Turns: Forging a Career as a Psychology Academic in Australia Anita S. Mak  4. From Outside In: Cultural Practices and Organizational Life of a Chinese Immigrant in Japan Gracia Liu-Farrer  5. Heart and Mind: Using Critical Incidents to Decipher Culture David L. Sam  6. Difference, Disconnection, Social Support, and Connection: Communication with the Host Environment and Cultural Adaptation Deepa Oommen Part 2: Negotiating Identities 7. The Struggles of an International Foreign Language Lecturer with Representations of Cultural Identity Regis Machart 8. Issues and Challenges in Constructing Identity in an Adopted Home: Being an Iranian Professor in America Maryam Borjian 9. Rituals of Encounter: Campus life, liminality and being the familiar stranger Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich Part 3: Language and Interaction  10. Brussels-London: Crossing Channels While Juggling with Social and Cultural Capital Jean-Marc Dewaele  11.‘Where Are You From?’: Interculturality and interactional practices Zhu Hua  12. Manoeuvring the Margins: A Korean-American in Kazakhstan Elise S. Ahn Conclusion  13 . Making Sense of Transnational Academics’ Experience: Constructive Marginality in Liminal Spaces Adam Komisarof & Zhu Hua