The Art of Coming Home, Second Edition
- 3h 53m
- Craig Storti
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- 2022
If you were lucky, you knew about and were prepared for culture shock when you moved overseas, But unless you are very lucky, you probably don’t know about and are not prepared for reverse culture shock. And you should be. Most expats find coming home after an overseas assignment more difficult than adjusting to a foreign culture-and very few organizations and companies prepare people for the experience.
Veteran trainer and consultant Craig Storti sketches the workplace challenges faced by returning businessmen and women as well as the re-entry issues of spouses, younger children, and teenagers. He also addresses in detail the special issues faced by exchange students, international development volunteers, and military and missionary personnel and their families.
From leave-taking and the honeymoon stage through to reverse culture shock and eventual readjustment, The Art of Coming Home lays out the four stages of the re-entry process and details practical strategies for dealing with the challenges you will face each step of the way.
Whether you’re about to relocate abroad, are already living abroad, about to come home, or already home, this book walks you through the biggest adjustments, personal and professional, and in this new edition presents a complete do-it-yourself repatriation workshop to help you identify and address your individual readjustment issues.
About the Author
Craig Storti is the founder and director of Communicating Across Cultures, a Washington DC-based intercultural communication training and consulting firm. He is the author of 10 books and his articles on expatriation/repatriation and on travel have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune. He has lived in Morocco, Nepal, and the United kingdom, with extended stays in Tunisia and Sri Lanka. His website is www.craig.storti.com.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Coming Home
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The Stages of Reentry
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The Return of the Employee
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The Return of Spouses and Children
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Special Populations
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Epilogue
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Step 1—Getting a Little Perspective
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Step 2—Identifying Your Reentry Issues
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Step 3—Designing Your Reentry Plan
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Managing Reentry—A Few Suggestions
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Useful Resources
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Bibliography
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