Skip to main content
-
-
6.1: Introduction to Culture Shock
-
-
-
6.2: Managing Culture Shock
-
The page discusses culture shock and its stages, highlighting the W-curve model by Gullahorn and Gullahorn, which outlines emotional phases when adapting to and readjusting from a new culture. It also presents Young Yun Kim's cyclical model of stress-adaptation-growth. Tips for managing culture shock include understanding it, learning about the host country, tolerating ambiguity, avoiding ethnocentrism, and maintaining a positive attitude.