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Cultural Shock: Adjustment to New Cultural Environments
Abstract
Culture shock tends to be an occupational disease of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Like most ailments, it has its own symptoms, cause, and cure. Many missionaries have suffered from it. Some never recovered, and left their field. Some live in a constant state of such shock. Many recover beautifully. As will be clear from the implications of Dr. Oberg's article, the state of culture shock in which a Christian lives will have great bearing on his temperament and witness.
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“When considering the impact at such a broad environmental level, our analysis, viewed through the conceptual lens of Oberg's theory of 'culture shock' (Oberg 1960;Zhou et al. 2008), aligns with the theory's four phases: Honeymoon, Frustration, Adaptation, and Acceptance.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Oberg, K.
- Corresponding author
- Oberg, Kalervo
- Venue
- Practical Anthropology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1960-07
- Volume
- os-7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 177-182
- ISSN
- 0032-633X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W170315451
- Cited by
- 2,706
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Practical Anthropology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Christian Theology and Mission
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- culture shock, cross-cultural adaptation (acculturation), missionaries, Christian witness, cultural adaptation
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