Cross-cultural adjustment of native-speaking English teachers (nets) in Hong Kong: A factor in attrition and retention

Cross-cultural adjustment of native-speaking English teachers (nets) in Hong Kong: A factor in attrition and retention

• Morrison, Keith Quality Assurance Department, Employees Retraining Board, Hong Kong
• Chu, Chau Kan Macau University of Science and Technology

Educational Studies, 37(4), 481-501, 2011

London

Routledge

2011

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MI Teachers from Mainland China, Teacher from Foreign Countries, Expatriate English Language Teacher Pilot Scheme
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers

Language Teachers English Teacher Persistence Teacher Recruitment Adjustment (To Environment) Cultural Context English (Second Language) Primary Secondary Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education

This paper argues that, despite government support in financial and contractual matters, ongoing problems of retention of Native-speaking English Teachers (NETs) in Hong Kong stem, in part, from problems of cross-cultural adjustment. The paper reports a small-scale qualitative investigation into the experiences of NETS in Hong Kong and finds problems of cross-cultural adjustment of the NETs themselves, the host schools and the government's induction practices. The paper reports a diversity of problems in cross-cultural adjustment and a variety of ways in which NETs handled them. The argument is made for increased and differentiated attention to be given to the cross-cultural adjustment of NETs, for greater social networking and for reducing the isolation and cross-cultural stresses that they experience. It is suggested that this might attenuate the problem of high NET turnover in Hong Kong.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2010.539667]

• English

Journal Articles

• 03055698

• 10.1080/03055698.2010.539667

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