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Publication Date: 2021
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Transformational, Inclusive, and Multicultural or Empty Rhetoric? Perceptions and Experiences of International Academic Staff
Journal of Further and Higher Education, v45 n3 p349-362 2021
Using a bi-dimensional, fourfold model as a thinking tool to contemplate acculturation strategies we analyse the intercultural experience of international academic staff (IAS) in the United Kingdom higher education. The literature suggests that IAS feel undervalued as a professional group and that institutions do not capitalise on their diverse contributions. We position IAS within the strategic sphere of ethnocultural groups and the institution within the larger society. In a single case study, we analyse IAS acculturation strategies and their perceptions of how their institution accepts diversity. Findings show that IAS are willing to integrate, but do not aim to remove all traces of their own culture and values, adopting integration strategies. Their perceptions are that the larger society does not seek to segregate IAS; however, it does not provide the conditions for IAS to flourish in professional practice, especially at the early stage of transition.
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Recognition, Case Studies, Diversity (Institutional), Institutional Characteristics, Social Integration, Self Concept, Values, Cultural Background, Work Environment, Foreign Countries, Inclusion
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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