Culture Shock

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When a person moves to a new culture, he faces many challenges due to differences between his own culture and the new culture. If a person fails to understand, manage and overcome those challenges, he may get a culture shock which can badly affect his life. We all are prone to culture shock. When we get used to certain situations and suddenly need to adapt and adjust to different situations, we may find it difficult. The reason may be a culture shock. When a person, after his return from another culture, finds it difficult to adjust in his own home culture it is another a kind of culture shock called reverse culture shock. The degree of cultural differences, person’s psychological development and maturity play a major role in determining the intensity of culture shock. Cultures vary across the world. Lack of cultural understanding may make one mistake others. The best preventative measure against and the best remedy for culture shock can be proper inter-cultural education and awareness. This book aims at bringing about awareness on culture shock and educating people on preventing culture shock from ruining their life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ravikant S. Wawge

Ravikant S Wawge holds an MBA from Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon. He is also a certified trainer of the Junior Chamber International, India. He is currently working as a Faculty Associate with Icfai Business School, Pune. Prior to joining Icfai, he served as Managing Editor for 'In-House News Service', Academic Director for 'Students Competency Development Program' and Secretary for Khamgaon City Chapter of the Junior Chamber. He was also the member of the board of studies of 'Shaashwat Business and Economic Research' where he had exposure to business management and economics. He also worked as visiting faculty for various institutes and taught Commerce and Management. His areas of interest include finance, marketing, public relations and socio-economic behavioral studies. 

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Title
Culture Shock
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9788131414309
Length
204p.
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