3 Analysis
3.1 Introduction
In an increasingly globalized world, more and more people need to learn how to live satisfactory in a new cultural environment. Following such a transition from one culture to another – cross-cultural transitions – the individual will in some way or another experience what is called cross-cultural adjustment. However, there are many different reasons for people to move between different cultures; that could be in order to study, work, visit their family or escape a violent regime, or to do a PhD (Arnett, 2002).
The individuals who make cross-cultural transitions in order to work or study in a new environment are usually called sojourners or expatriates (Ward, Bochner & Furnham, 2001).
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This is made clear in a widely publicised speech, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared last November that “men and women are not equal; it is against nature”. (http://europesworld.org, 2015)
Women in Turkey also face significant disparities in employment, and, in some regions, education (Gündüz, 2004). The participation of Turkish women in the labor force is less than half of that of the European Union average and while several campaigns have been successfully undertaken to promote female literacy, there is still a gender gap in secondary education and an increasing gender gap in higher education. So working in a top position in a Turkish company could be a bit of a challenge. This could be inferred from a response to a question by our interviewee: Sunniva: Yes, they think about gender in different way than we do but it is not that extreme. At least when I read and learnt more about this, it is quite extreme still there (laughing). They are really low on the gender gap list. The middle eastern including Turkey even though it also European in a way and those countries in North Africa are below other countries in the world I think when it comes to gender gap and women participation in labour
3.1 Introduction
In an increasingly globalized world, more and more people need to learn how to live satisfactory in a new cultural environment. Following such a transition from one culture to another – cross-cultural transitions – the individual will in some way or another experience what is called cross-cultural adjustment. However, there are many different reasons for people to move between different cultures; that could be in order to study, work, visit their family or escape a violent regime, or to do a PhD (Arnett, 2002).
The individuals who make cross-cultural transitions in order to work or study in a new environment are usually called sojourners or expatriates (Ward, Bochner & Furnham, 2001).
Our analysis of the interview …show more content…
This is made clear in a widely publicised speech, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared last November that “men and women are not equal; it is against nature”. (http://europesworld.org, 2015)
Women in Turkey also face significant disparities in employment, and, in some regions, education (Gündüz, 2004). The participation of Turkish women in the labor force is less than half of that of the European Union average and while several campaigns have been successfully undertaken to promote female literacy, there is still a gender gap in secondary education and an increasing gender gap in higher education. So working in a top position in a Turkish company could be a bit of a challenge. This could be inferred from a response to a question by our interviewee: Sunniva: Yes, they think about gender in different way than we do but it is not that extreme. At least when I read and learnt more about this, it is quite extreme still there (laughing). They are really low on the gender gap list. The middle eastern including Turkey even though it also European in a way and those countries in North Africa are below other countries in the world I think when it comes to gender gap and women participation in labour