ISBN:
9781138825352
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 204 Seiten
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge research in higher education
DDC:
378.1/2
Keywords:
College teachers, Foreign Cross-cultural studies
;
Learning and scholarship Cross-cultural studies
;
Education and globalization Cross-cultural studies
;
Education, Higher Cross-cultural studies
;
Universities and colleges Cross-cultural studies
;
Hochschulbildung
;
Interkulturelles Lernen
;
Interkulturalität
Abstract:
Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities : An Introduction -- Organizational Membership Negotiated, Denied, and Gained : Breaking the Rice Paper Ceiling in Japan -- Twists and Turns : Forging a Career as a Psychology Academic in Australia -- From Outside In : Cultural Practices and Organizational Life of a Chinese Immigrant in Japan -- Heart and Mind : Using Critical Incidents to Decipher Culture -- Difference, Disconnection, Social Support, and Connection: Communication with the Host Environment and Cultural Adaptation -- The Struggles of an International Foreign Language Lecturer with Representations of Cultural Identity -- Issues and Challenges in Constructing Identity in an Adopted Home : Being an Iranian Professor in America -- Rituals of Encounter : Campus Life, Liminality and Being the Familiar Stranger -- Brussels-London: Crossing Channels While Juggling with Social and Cultural Capital -- "Where Are You from?" : Interculturality and Interactional Practices -- Manoeuvring the Margins : A Korean-American in Kazakhstan -- Making Sense of Transnational Academics' Experience : Constructive Marginality in Liminal Spaces
Description / Table of Contents:
Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities : An IntroductionOrganizational Membership Negotiated, Denied, and Gained : Breaking the Rice Paper Ceiling in Japan -- Twists and Turns : Forging a Career as a Psychology Academic in Australia -- From Outside In : Cultural Practices and Organizational Life of a Chinese Immigrant in Japan -- Heart and Mind : Using Critical Incidents to Decipher Culture -- Difference, Disconnection, Social Support, and Connection: Communication with the Host Environment and Cultural Adaptation -- The Struggles of an International Foreign Language Lecturer with Representations of Cultural Identity -- Issues and Challenges in Constructing Identity in an Adopted Home : Being an Iranian Professor in America -- Rituals of Encounter : Campus Life, Liminality and Being the Familiar Stranger -- Brussels-London: Crossing Channels While Juggling with Social and Cultural Capital -- "Where Are You from?" : Interculturality and Interactional Practices -- Manoeuvring the Margins : A Korean-American in Kazakhstan -- Making Sense of Transnational Academics' Experience : Constructive Marginality in Liminal Spaces.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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