Question

What types of reentry problems are often encountered by persons returning to the home culture? How can reentry shock be alleviated

Answer 1

• When someone re-enters back to their home culture,they experience reverse culture shock sometimes.Such people are called expats,who do face challenges when they return back to their own home.
• Upon return,the person and his/her family have to work to re-establish relationships with their friends and family in their own home country since they return after some time and have kind of lost touch.They also have to adjust to the fact that no longer will they be having the benefits they became used to during their assignment such as housing and schooling.
• Often repatriates expect their home to be just the same as it was when they left. While they were outside the country, events and new developments would have happened in their old community. These natural changes can be shocking and disorienting upon return.
• Relationships with people changes as well, the person's old friends lives may have evolved. Friends may have changed their social group. Relationships that were once strong may no longer be the same.This is also a challenge one faces when returning back home.
• In terms of work also they have to face problems,since when they return back to their home organization their position could be filled up by someone else,and they may have look for other jobs and sometimes end up doing less challenging jobs than the job they had before returning.
• And because one has lived in another culture for so long,one brings those routines and customs with them in their home culture,causing them to unlearn everything from their old culture and relearn everything about their home culture,making the re-entry and transition difficult.
• One can alleviate reverse culture shock is by keeping in touch witht everyone from their home country,maintain one's lifestyle which one has become used to and have an open mindset while working in a new position.
• Learn from this transition and rebuild one's relationships and interests rather than becoming disoriented.Even in jobs,one can join training programs to learn new skills and also relearn skills to make necessary adjustments.The transition requires patience and even more of an open mind than before.