ERIC Number: ED292304
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Mar
Pages: 152
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Eastern European Refugee Survey. Final Report.
Short, Deborah J.; Johnson, Dora E.
A survey of Polish and Romanian refugees, service providers who help with their resettlement, and refugee employers collected information about the refugees' resettlement experiences in order to update and refine cultural orientation (CO) training. The results show that these refugees have adjusted successfully to their new lives, have found employment, and have overcome the obstacles inherent in resettlement. The adjustment has been facilitated by CO training in several areas. In general, the employers praised their Eastern European employees highly, and the voluntary agencies agreed that despite conflicts between the refugees' expectations and the agencies' goals, their clients were able to adjust fairly well within 6-12 months. All groups viewed the CO training favorably, and requested that the curriculum topics be augmented with more practical information and English language instruction and that the course time be lengthened. The report gives an overview of the study, outlines one-way variable results, presents comparison results, and includes the questionnaire forms used for the three survey groups. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of State, Washington, DC. Bureau of Refugee Programs.
Authoring Institution: Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Refugee Service Center.
Identifiers - Location: Europe
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