Junwen Zhu's research while affiliated with East China Normal University and other places
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Publications (12)
In the context of rapid development of internationalisation in Chinese higher education, as well as the increasing mobility of academics across country borders, more and more international scholars are seeking career opportunities in Chinese universities. Using 21 in-depth interviews, we investigated international scholars’ acculturation strategies...
As the rapid development of internationalization in Chinese higher education, the number and scale of international scholars working in China has significantly increased. However, few studies have focused on international scholars’ cross-cultural encounters in the Chinese academic context. Based on 21 in-depth interviews, this article investigates...
In the last chapter, we summarise the key findings of this research and propose reflections and suggestions from the perspective of both the international scholars and the researchers of this project. Participants reported that they would like to see improvements in internationalisation policies, management systems, school integration, and assistan...
This chapter sets the scene for the analysis of international scholars’ cross-cultural adaptation in China and provides background information for readers to get a glimpse of the historical and social context international scholars are facing.
This chapter emphasizes the main factors that have influenced international scholars’ cross-cultural adaptation experiences in Shanghai. First of all, three elements played crucial roles in leading participants to take an academic position in China: the promising future and sufficient funding in Chinese academia, the international environment in Sh...
The data analyses were mainly conducted according to Kim’s adaptation model of cognitive, affective, and behavioural adaptation. In terms of the cognitive dimension, Schein’s organizational culture three-level theory was used to understand international scholars’ encounters with Chinese universities’ organizational culture. Specifically, language b...
This chapter analyses two essential parts of international scholars’ work in Chinese academic universities: research and teaching. According to the interviews, funding opportunities were the top concern of international scholars when choosing a job, as these would directly determine their academic development in the next couple of years.
The theoretical development of cross-cultural adaptation research has been closely related to the empirical studies on cross-cultural immigrants’ experiences. Considering the diversity of immigrants and their practices and experiences in different cultural contexts, cross-cultural adaptation research has long been an interdisciplinary research fiel...
In this chapter, the core concepts and research method used in this study are introduced in detail, in order to provide the readers with an academic basis for later discussion. There are three major terms most often mentioned in this research: foreign experts (indicating international scholars working in Chinese universities), organizational cultur...
This chapter starts with a brief literature review on theories of organizational culture and the features of Chinese universities, so the reader can better understand international scholars’ interactions with the administration in their universities.
This chapter provides four case studies of international scholars’ cross-cultural adaptation experiences. All participants in these case studies had rich and unique cross-cultural experiences, and their stories represent and supplement some of the important issues illustrated in previous chapters. The case studies include an international scholar’s...
This book examines the cross-cultural adaptation experiences of international scholars working at Shanghai’s top public research universities. On the basis of in-depth interviews, it comprehensively assesses the organisational culture of Chinese universities, recurring problems in international scholars’ cross-cultural adaptation processes, and the...
Citations
... What the papers in this special issue do is to show the connections between 'foreign' scholars in China and highlight a range of ways in which kindness could potentially reshape their experiences and engagement with their Chinese employers and colleagues. Chen and Zhu (2022), Zhang et al. (2022) and Mouritzen (2022) show that scholars often encounter cross-cultural difficulties but that acculturation strategies and empathy can be powerful tools to overcome these difficulties. Mouritzen's (2022) reflection on liminality is a challenge to policy makers to bridge this liminal gap that foreigners experience. ...
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... This includes changes in the political field (Jones et al., 2020), boxing field (Paradis, 2012), tourism field (Çakmak et al., 2021), education field (Hanckel et al., 2021), and employment field (Graham, 2020). Hysteresis has also been theorised as being induced through entering a new, unfamiliar field, such as working class (Lehmann, 2013) and rural (Chen, 2022) students entering university, moving to a new country for work (Chen and Zhu, 2022) and study (Matsunaga et al., 2021), or consumers embarking on a new vegan diet (Robinson and Lundahl, 2019). In some cases, hysteresis is considered to deliver relatively enduring effects, such as the disconnect between gendered habitus and societal expectations around masculinity for men living with an irreversible spinal cord injury (Barrett, 2018). ...
... Most previous studies that showed positive effects of such interactions on student engagement were conducted in different cultural contexts. The cross-cultural differences in academic experiences, including academic interactions, are reported by the recent study of Chen & Zhu (2020). ...
