Akulturace expatriotů v českém prostředí: (vyšší manažeři versus "český lid")

• Autorzy: Michal Gärtner , Dušan Drbohlav

Warianty tytułu

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Acculturation of sojourners in Czechia: (executive managers versus “the Czech people”)

• Języki publikacji: CS

Abstrakty

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Acculturation of expatriate executive managers was examined in the sample of 16 sojourners transferring managerial know-how to companies in Czechia, using a structured longitudinal interview survey including in depth personal interviews. The interviews were conducted six and eighteen months after the arrival of respondents in Czechia. The respondents were contacted as they became available during the period 2006 to 2010. The results indicate that acculturation of sojourners in Czechia proceeded, as expected according to the international literature, broadly in line with the Hofstede’s acculturation “U“ curve (Hofstede 1997). The qualitative analysis points to a number of problems, the sojourners had to deal with during their acculturation including: dependence on communication in English, while recognising potential advantages associated with the knowledge of Czech language, cultural distance - particularly the uncertainty arising from the inability to correctly predict Czech behaviour, lack of openness limiting the Czech ability to form a broader world view, lack of mutual respect between the Czech co-workers, a degree of Czech xenophobia and underestimation of certain predictors of successful acculturation such as social engagement with the Czech hosts. Research also points to a number of helpful coping strategies.

Słowa kluczowe

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expatriote executive managers; acculturation; longitudinal survey; qualitative approach; Czechia

• Wydawca: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 99
• Numer: 4
• Strony: 385-406
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Michal Gärtner

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

autor

Dušan Drbohlav

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic