Kalvero Oberg was one of the first writers to identify five distinct stages of culture shock. He found that all human beings experience the same feelings when they travel to or live in a different country or culture. He found that culture shock is almost like a disease: it has a cause, symptoms, and a cure.
Whenever someone travels overseas they are like "a fish out of water." Like the fish, they have been swimming in their own culture all... more >>
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