Expatriates Essays

  • Summary Of Yellow Raft In Blue Water

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    Yellow Raft In Blue Water Back long ago before we had books or even computers we socialized with each other, We sat around the dinner table or a fire and told stories from start to finish. We didn't just speak to tell the stories, we also used visuals such as pictures. The pictures were used to engage the audience into the storie. During the book Yellow Raft In Blue Water the author Michael Dorris covers many different topics, he goes over the struggle with racism, the power struggle, the struggle

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of Globalization In Nigeria

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    This chapter discusses the review of relevant literature. As part of this research, which includes articles seminar paper, newspapers , textbooks , etc. The review materials are grouped under the following headings 1. The challenges to globalization 2. Situating Nigeria for development in a globalization era 3. Obstacles to economic development 4. Globalization and economic development 5. Merits of globalization 2.2 THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION The word globalization is used in different ways

  • Five Stages Of Culture Shock

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    shock is the process of initial adjustment to an unfamiliar environment”. (Pedersen, 1995) Most expatriates moving to and living in foreign countries experience culture shock and find themselves floundering through a period of adjustment before they can begin to enjoy the experience of being in a new country and discovering its culture. There exists a body of work on the adjustment cycle of expatriates among which Peter S. Adler in his work “The Transitional Experience: An Alternative View of Culture

  • The Sun Also Rises

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    The status of expatriates in Paris after World War One is a recurrent theme in The Sun Also Rises and J. A. Schwarz does a great job describing it in his critic about American nationalism versus “freedom” of expatriates in Paris. However, one could ask himself, reading the article, if this “freedom” really exists or if American expatriates in France in that period only had to forget about the American nationalism to try to live regardless of their past. J. A. Schwarz gives the reader a complete

  • Culture Shock Case Study

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    socially among cultures. Also culture shock can involve such a situation where the various frustrations felt by the expatriate builds up, leading to the explosion of emotions such as anger, depression and homesickness (Black et al., 1999; Harrison

  • Chicago Company Viii Case Study Essay

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    his company strategy. Staffing framework recognized and the characteristics advantages of using this type Staffing frameworks could be based on the processes or decisions. Staffing policy are subsidiary that sets the ratio of local workers to expatriates. One of the staffing framework that’s I recognize is the ethnocentric staffing. Ethnocentric staffing framework is more about top level executives and most of all the decision making comes from the parent company. In the case study, Paul Fierman

  • A Farewell To Arms Critical Analysis

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    reviews and has been recognized to be one of his greatest works. The author has aimed to epitomize the post-war expatriate generation and the major themes of the novel appear to move around two epigraphs; the first epigraph was a quotation from Ecclesiastes while the other was created by Hemingway’s Gertrude Stein. In this work, Hemingway has portrayed the life of a number of expatriate people who make the rounds of bars in Paris and resort in Spain and whom they attempt to engage with activities

  • Why The Sun Also Rises?

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    From the beginning of Joffrey Herlihy-Mera’s article, the concern with expatriates in Paris in The Sun Also Rises is prominent. He chooses to deal with this theme only basing his critics upon the first chapters of the book which “were removed before the book went to press”. We could claim at viewing his work as a controversial one since if the author didn’t publish the first chapters, how a critic can be based specifically upon something that doesn’t exist in the final edition? In order to give

  • Kolb's Learning Cycle Analysis

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    Using Kolb’s Learning Cycle Kolb (1984)’s learning cycle can be used as an applied theory of how to learn to manage diversity in a hospitality organization. Kolb theorizes that people who learn something new go through a cycle involving four stages. Kolb’s learning cycle (KLC) suggests that there are four stages which follow from each other: concrete experience, reflection, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Concrete experience is followed by reflection on that experience on

  • Advantages Of Polycentric Staffing

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    from the home or parent countries to the host-country. For example, Jane works in China but she is a citizen of the Malaysia, where her company is organized and headquartered. Jane is an expatriate, which is a citizen of the company’s home-country (Malaysia) working in foreign country (China). Generally expatriates are often believed to better represent the interests of the home office, and ensure that the foreign offices are aligned with home headquarter. This approach is used best in some situation

  • Henry James: Foreigner Or Bystander?

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    Winterbourne was the one most irritated by Giovanelli because he believed he was an imitation, and a low-life foreigner. The American Expatriates disapproved of the Italian suitor because they were uncertain of his background; they were ignorant on whether he was wealthy or not. Though along with that, she was accompanied to places by him alone. When she had gone to the Colosseum late at

  • Postcolonial Migration

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    It has emerged as a distinct literary genre. Diasporic writings, also known as "expatriate writings" give voice to the traumatic experiences of the immigrants due to the clash of two culture or the racial discrimination they undergo. Immigration proves a pleasant experience only to a few who succeed in assimilating themselves with new

  • Berry's Theory Of Acculturation

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    However, his theory and most of the previous research focus on mainly immigrants’ acculturation. Considering that there are also other groups such as sojourners and expatriates, Berry’s theory and other acculturation theories may not totally apply to the groups apart from immigrants. (Lian & Tsang , 2010). Furthermore, acculturation is usually referred as an adjustment and adaptation process of cultural change as the final

  • The Sun Also Rises: The Lost Generation

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    The horrors and losses of World War I greatly affected the generation to come. The young people who fought in the war and the writers and artists of the era experienced a detachment from the classical society, morals, beliefs, and traditions. Referenced at the beginning of Hemingway’s novel is a quote from fellow modern author Gertrude Stein, who, in conversation, called these people “a lost generation.” Other writers of the time, such as Ernest Hemingway, embraced this theme of the lost generation

  • A Literary Analysis Of James Baldwin In Giovanni's Room

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    David is a young American male that has decided to leave America in the hopes of finding a new way of life in Europe. David’s experiences in Europe form the “expatriate” view of homophobic American life, which seeks a more open society/culture in which to experiment with sexuality that is less judgmental and more mature. The plot of the story revolves around David’s sexual confusion, which is based on choosing

  • The American Frontier Research Paper

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    the frontier develops a desire to expand farther West and a sensation of restlessness in Bumppo when forced to remain in one place too long. In The Sun Also Rises, the frontier’s effect on American culture dramatically affects the behavior of the expatriate group, leaving them with a sense of hopelessness stemming from an inherent want to grow and be free. Finally, in The Great Gatsby, the restlessness of American culture is exaggerated by the Roaring Twenties, as people like Gatsby attempt to transform

  • Transformational Leadership Literature Review

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    transformational, transactional and laissez faire leadership behaviours with nine subscales. Bass & Avolio (1995) then went on to present the MLQ Form 5X with nine subscales of leadership styles. The researcher used the status of Store Manager (namely expatriate or local), transformational leadership and transactional leadership style as the independent variables in the

  • Psychometric Analysis Essay

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    Psychometric test is used to identify the mental characteristic of people and put a measurement against such characteristic (Roberts, 2005). Most of the psychometric tests are professionally designed by occupational psychologists with detailed manuals providing the data to establish the reliability of the test and how test scores might be judged. They are scored in a standardized manner so that employers can compare their test candidates against the scores of relevant populations (CIPD, 2015). The

  • James Baldwin In Exile

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    an expatriate, an African American, and a homosexual. Most importantly though he is an artist and he is creating. This man was James Baldwin, and he authored many influential works in a state of cultural and political exile in Paris. James Baldwin is the quintessential artist in exile and his Parisian years and writings embody the artistic inspiration

  • Summary Of Two Ways To Belong In America By Bharati Mukherjee

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    citizenship. On the other hand, Bharati feels welcomed in America since it offered her so many opportunities she did not have in India. The two contrasting stories are effective in the way that they depict the emotional struggle immigrants and/or expatriates go through. It is evident that Bharati was able to merge so well into American because she is open minded while Mira struggled because she was reserved and kept tied to India traditions. The essay compares the different experiences immigrants