Czech citizens in Zambia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Czech citizens in Zambia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The purpose of the current study is to describe the process of adaptation of Czech citizens to the cardinally different cultural, societal and environmental conditions of African continent. In the theoretical part we focus on the issues of immigrants andexpatriates in the globally inter-connected world, and the process of psychological adaptation of an individual to a foreign culture. In May 2013 we conducted semi-structured interviews with 6 Czech expatriates currently living in Zambia (5 women and 1man). Most of the interviewees live in Zambian society for at least 2 years, and work in the developmental sector. The interviews were designed on the basis of four dimensions of CCAI (Cross-cultural adaptability inventory) by C. Kelley and J. Meyers. The main areas of adaptation process we focused on were: the cognitions and feelings of expatriates after arrival to the host culture, the effect of time spend in the host culture on feelings and cognitions, stresses and problems in everyda

Název v anglickém jazyce

Czech citizens in Zambia

Popis výsledku anglicky

The purpose of the current study is to describe the process of adaptation of Czech citizens to the cardinally different cultural, societal and environmental conditions of African continent. In the theoretical part we focus on the issues of immigrants andexpatriates in the globally inter-connected world, and the process of psychological adaptation of an individual to a foreign culture. In May 2013 we conducted semi-structured interviews with 6 Czech expatriates currently living in Zambia (5 women and 1man). Most of the interviewees live in Zambian society for at least 2 years, and work in the developmental sector. The interviews were designed on the basis of four dimensions of CCAI (Cross-cultural adaptability inventory) by C. Kelley and J. Meyers. The main areas of adaptation process we focused on were: the cognitions and feelings of expatriates after arrival to the host culture, the effect of time spend in the host culture on feelings and cognitions, stresses and problems in everyda

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AO - Sociologie, demografie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings from IX. International Conference on Applied Business Research ICABR 2014

ISBN

978-80-7509-223-6

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

76-88

Název nakladatele

Mendelova univerzita v Brně

Místo vydání

Brno

Místo konání akce

Talca

Datum konání akce

6. 10. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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