Intercultural Adaptation
“The multicultural world is enhanced by the experiences of sojourners, immigrants, and others who successfully make the transition from one culture to another” (Kim, 2001). Intercultural studies focus on the interactions between people from different cultural backgrounds, and according to Gudykunst (2003), adaptation is a “dynamic process by which individuals, upon relocating to an unfamiliar cultural environment, establish (or reestablish) and maintain a relatively stable, reciprocal, and functional relationship with the environment” (Gudykunst, 2003).