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Title Educational travel. The Overseas Internship | ||
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http://hdl.handle.net/1765/15222 | ||
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Date 2008 | ||
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Author(s) Klooster, E. van 't; Wijk, J. van; Go, F.M.; Rekom, J. van | ||
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Abstract An important objective of educational travel programs is to teach students how to bridge cultural distance. Research remains inconclusive to what extent and under what circumstances students actually learn from educational travel experiences. This paper examines the influence of cultural distance on the perceived learning effects of the overseas internship, specifically cross-cultural competencies and management skills. It is shown that asymmetric cultural distance and psychic distance have a negative relationship with the perceived learning of management skills and interaction with locals. Students traveling to low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in particular tend to face difficulties. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | ||
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Subject(s) cross-cultural competencies; cultural distance; educational travel; management skills; overseas internship; educational development; learning; low income population; management; student; Africa; South Africa; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa | ||
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Language en | ||
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Type of publication Article | ||
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Identifier 0160-7383; Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 35, Issue 3, July 2008, Pages 690-711; 10.1016/j.annals.2008.05.003 | ||
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