A stressful transitional period when individuals move from a familiar environment into an unfamiliar one.
The ability to fit in and execute appropriate and effective interactions in a new cultural environment that can include quality or quantity of relations with host nationals and length of residence in the host country.
Feelings of well-being and satisfaction during cross-cultural transitions.
The short-term and medium-term adaptive process of sojourners in their overseas assignments.
Differences between the home culture and the new culture in such factors as cultural values, language, verbal styles and nonverbal gestures, as well as in religious and economic systems.
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