TY - JOUR
T1 - Transformational, inclusive, and multicultural or empty rhetoric? Perceptions and experiences of international academic staff
AU - Bailey, Wayne
AU - Bordogna, Claudia. M.
AU - Harvey, Halina
AU - Jones, Glynn
AU - Walton, Sean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 UCU.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - Using a bi-dimensional, fourfold model as a thinking tool to contemplate acculturation strategies we analyse the intercultural experience of international academic staff (IAS) in the United Kingdom higher education. The literature suggests that IAS feel undervalued as a professional group and that institutions do not capitalise on their diverse contributions. We position IAS within the strategic sphere of ethno cultural groups and the institution within the larger society. In a single case study, we analyse IAS acculturation strategies and their perceptions of how their institution accepts diversity. Findings show that IAS are willing to integrate, but do not aim to remove all traces of their own culture and values, adopting integration strategies. Their perceptions are that the larger society does not seek to segregate IAS; however, it does not provide the conditions for IAS to flourish in professional practice, especially at the early stage of transition.
AB - Using a bi-dimensional, fourfold model as a thinking tool to contemplate acculturation strategies we analyse the intercultural experience of international academic staff (IAS) in the United Kingdom higher education. The literature suggests that IAS feel undervalued as a professional group and that institutions do not capitalise on their diverse contributions. We position IAS within the strategic sphere of ethno cultural groups and the institution within the larger society. In a single case study, we analyse IAS acculturation strategies and their perceptions of how their institution accepts diversity. Findings show that IAS are willing to integrate, but do not aim to remove all traces of their own culture and values, adopting integration strategies. Their perceptions are that the larger society does not seek to segregate IAS; however, it does not provide the conditions for IAS to flourish in professional practice, especially at the early stage of transition.
KW - Academic acculturation
KW - Academic work
KW - Identity
KW - Academic staff
KW - Internationalisation
KW - Intercultural
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086673190&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0309877X.2020.1762848
DO - 10.1080/0309877X.2020.1762848
M3 - Article
VL - 45
SP - 349
EP - 362
JO - Journal of Further and Higher Education
JF - Journal of Further and Higher Education
SN - 0309-877X
IS - 3
ER -