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Since 1951,
when the
anthropologist
Cora DuBois
used the term
culture shock,
many studies
relating to cross‐cultural
adaptation have been produced.
Three years later, Kalervo Oberg
described a honeymoon – crisis –
recovery ‐ adjustment model,
applicable to people who have
travelled abroad. Following this in
1955 Sverre Lysgaard presented
the U‐Curve of Cultural
Adjustment which was one of the
first models of cultural
adjustment. These theories
opened the gates for seven
decades of research related to
cross‐cultural adaptation. |
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