Crossing cultures: Analysing the experiences of NZ returnees from the EU (UK vs. non-UK) |
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| Authors: | Natalia Chaban Allan Williams Martin Holland Valerie Boyce Frendehl Warner |
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| Institution: | aNational Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, Ilam 8041, New Zealand;bFaculty of Management and Law, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | While there is growing scholarly interest in returned and cyclical migration, and on young adult cultural or adventure seeking migration, there is still a lack of systematic empirical insights into how the experiences of being abroad, and after return, are mediated by exposure to different cultural environments. Addressing this conceptual and empirical gap, the paper analyses the experiences of New Zealand return migrants, or sojourners, who lived and worked in European countries (other than the UK) for more than one year and compares them with the experiences of NZ returnees from the UK. Drawing on 20 ‘non-UK’ and 22 ‘UK’ in-depth interviews, the paper revisits
Rhinesmith, 1975]
and
Rhinesmith, 1986]
typology of cross-cultural, or intercultural, adjustment (largely ignored in studies of return migration) to assess sojourners’ experiences throughout the migration cycle and serve as a useful tool for identifying and reporting psychological and socio-cultural elements in the returnees stories. The findings of sojourners’ possible identity shifts during intercultural transition are discussed with reference to the four-member paradigm of Cultural Identity Model (CIM) (Sussman, 2010) while addressing Sussman's (2002) argument that overseas adaptation and repatriation experiences are not directly associated. This paper demonstrates the need to understand first that the costs and benefits of circular migration or sojourning are country-specific, and that they do not ‘just happen’ at a particular moment or in one phase but are forged through a veritable rollercoaster of experiences of intercultural adjustment. |
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| Keywords: | Returned sojourners Cross-cultural adjustment New Zealand UK The EU |
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