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 and conclude with advice for scholars to improve organizational participation and mutual intercultural engagement when working in a globalising workplace. It examines the socio-psychological process of crossing boundaries, investigates investigates how multiple aspects of identities are assumed, constructed and negotiated and focuses on the role of language in intercultural encounters.…mehr
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 and conclude with advice for scholars to improve organizational participation and mutual intercultural engagement when working in a globalising workplace. It examines the socio-psychological process of crossing boundaries, investigates investigates how multiple aspects of identities are assumed, constructed and negotiated and focuses on the role of language in intercultural encounters.
Adam Komisarof is Professor of Intercultural Communication and Acculturation in Reitaku University's Department of Economic Studies and Business Administration in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Zhu Hua is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Communication and Head of Department at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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