Question

An expatriate manager who returns after a few years from an overseas assignment to find that there is no position for him in his home country office experiences a(n) ________.
A) reverse culture shock
B) expatriate failure
C) cognitive dissonance
D) assimilation effect

Answer 1

Answer:

A) reverse culture shock

Explanation:

Reverse culture shock occurs when someone who has been away from his home country for some time, returns but finds it difficult to adapt or readjust to conditions in the home country.

If an expatriate manager returns to his country after a few years away and finds that things have changed, or he has changed, and he isn't fitting into the current system, he is experiencing reverse culture shock.