Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities

Herausgeber: Hua, Zhu; Komisarof, Adam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book generates a fresh, complex view of the process of globalization by examining how work, scholarship, and life inform each other among intercultural scholars as they navigate their interpersonal relationships and cross boundaries physically and metaphorically. Divided into three parts, the book examines: (1) the socio-psychological process of crossing boundaries constructed around nations and work organizations; (2) the negotiation of multiple aspects of identities; and (3) the role of language in intercultural encounters, in particular, adjustment taking place at linguistic and interactional levels. The authors reflect upon and give meaning and structure to their own intercultural experiences through theoretical frameworks and concepts-many of which they themselves have proposed and developed in their own research. They also provide invaluable advice for transnational scholars and those who aspire to work and live abroad to improve organizational participation and mutual intercultural engagement when working in a globalizing workplace.¿ Researchers and practitioners of applied linguistics, communication studies, and higher education in many regions of the world will find this book an insightful resource.¿ ¿

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781138825352
• ISBN-10: 1138825352
• Artikelnr.: 43022635

Autorenporträt

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