Cultural
Shock occurs when a person moves into a culture that is different from his or
her own culture. An emotional trauma occurs from the frustrations of dealing
with the host cultures way of communicating, customs, and value systems.
Frustrations can come from anything the new culture offers such as food
availability, standards of cleanliness, personal safety, accommodations, and
much more such as the difference in routine. People may feel like an outsider,
holding different values in comparison to the people within the new culture.
People loose what is familiar and normal to them and may experience the
cultural shock.
The
first stage of cultural shock is excitement. I was
very excited when I landed in Australia because I landed in Cairns and had the
opportunity to dive the Great Barrier Reef, play with kangaroos, koalas,
wallabies, and ATV through the jungle. I was then headed for Coffs Harbour to
work with dolphins and seals, which is something not many people get to do.
This was my honeymoon stage because everything was so new and exciting. This is
the stage where most employees feel a sense of excitement for new opportunities
to work and new steps in there career.
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