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Fitt, Faith Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The international mobility of faculty is both a cause and an effect of globalization (Altbach & Knight, 2007). Each year, increasing numbers of teachers take positions in higher education outside their country of origin (Hutchison, 2015; Smith, 2000). Although many faculty members find the experience of living and working overseas satisfying…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Faculty, Mental Health, Job Satisfaction
Robak, Steffi – European Education, 2014
This contribution discusses selected basic theoretical principles and empirical results from my postdoctoral thesis (Robak, 2012a), which investigates the learning and educational processes of German-speaking expatriates in global enterprises in China. I start by showing that no adequately developed concepts for an integrated learning culture…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Learning Processes, German, Native Speakers
Liang, Yuanying; Jecklin, Robert – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2012
One of the ways in which corporations influence human health occurs when a global corporation brings workers from two or more cultures together in the workplace where they experience the stress of acculturation. Researchers asked workers from two cultures at one international worksite to tell about their work, intercultural communication, thoughts…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Coping, Intercultural Communication, Corporations
Wendlandt, Nancy M.; Rochlen, Aaron B. – Journal of Career Development, 2008
This article reviews recent literature highlighting the challenges associated with the college-to-work transition and proposes a model for understanding the experience of workplace entry for new graduates. This model outlines three stages of development in the transition process, namely (a) anticipation, (b) adjustment, and (c) achievement, and…
Descriptors: Graduation, Career Counseling, Developmental Stages, College Graduates
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Stone, Susan C. – Training and Development, 1994
Diversity implies differences in people based on their identifications with various groups and is also a process of acknowledging differences through action. Those organizations that have welcomed diversity are more productive and have a competitive advantage. Diversity training can be awareness based (cognitive) or skill based (behavioral). (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Models
Copeland, Lennie – Personnel, 1988
The author discusses the cultural deprivation of most White, male managers and presents model corporate programs used by Procter and Gamble Company, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Ortho Pharmaceutical to address this problem. The author presents valuing diversity as a chance to improve organizational effectiveness and lists 10 guidelines for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adults, Change Agents, Cultural Differences

Hopkins, Willie E.; Hopkins, Shirley A. – Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1994
Proposes a typology of impacts that greater increases in workforce diversity might have on communication effectiveness in organizations. Proposes the typology to stimulate further interest in the research domain. (SR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Labor Force, Models

Lim, Doo H. – Performance Improvement, 1999
Describes the results of a study of a global company that examined the effect of training design and work environment on the transfer of human resources development training. Presents a model of international transfer of training and discusses organizational factors and cultural differences that affected the transfer of training. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Global Approach, Instructional Design
Ramesh, Anuradha; Hazucha, Joy F.; Bank, Jurgen – International Journal of Testing, 2008
A major challenge that decisions makers face in multi-national organizations is how to compare managers from different parts of the globe. This challenge is both psychometric and practical. We draw on the cross-cultural psychology literature to propose a three-step framework to compare personality data from different countries. The first step…
Descriptors: Personality, Norms, Psychometrics, International Organizations
Hansman, Catherine A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains six papers exploring emerging viewpoints, issues, and trends related to mentoring and adult learning. "Mentoring: From Athena to the 21st Century" (Catherine A. Hansman) traces the definitions of the term "mentor" and mentoring practices that have evolved since antiquity. "Emerging Perspectives on…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Colleges, Cultural Differences
Niles, Spencer G.; Herr, Edwin L.; Hartung, Paul J. – 2001
The evolving role of work in society and the factors driving emerging trends in work were examined to assist career development practitioners in helping individuals deal with life-role balance. Donald Super's life-space theory was presented as a framework for adult career development and used as a backdrop for discussing how adults can crystallize…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Career Counseling, Career Development
Kuchinke, K. Peter, Ed. – 2000
This two-volume document contains the proceedings of the 2000 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). Volume 1 contains the following materials: conference overview; text of a town forum on social responsibility and human resource development (HRD); papers from symposia 1-24; and papers from innovative sessions 1-4. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)