Journal Articles
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
- Educational Studies, 37(4), 481-501, 2011
- London
- Routledge
- 2011
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- 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.[Copyright of Roeper Review is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2010.539667]
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- English
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- 03055698
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/ae0c8a8f
- 2013-11-16
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