Scenario: Mr. Yoshimura Goes to Tennessee

question 105

Multiple Choice

Scenario: Mr. Yoshimura goes to Tennessee
Mr. Yoshimura, vice president of quality control at the family company, Yoshimura Yarn, has recently been assigned to a three-year position at the company's Tennessee plant. Mr. Yoshimura has brought his wife and three teenage children with him from Yokohama to Tennessee.
-Mrs. Yoshimura is concerned about what will happen at the end of her family's assignment. One of her friends was very depressed after returning to Japan from a two-year stint in Britain. Mrs. Yoshimura's friend was probably experiencing ________.

• A) culture shock
• B) reverse culture shock
• C) home country adjustment
• D) reverse assignment adjustment

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Definitions:

Marital Satisfaction

The degree to which partners in a marriage feel content and fulfilled with their relationship.

After Children

Typically refers to the phase of life or activities and priorities of parents once their children have grown up and left home.

Female In-Laws

Refers to the female members of one's spouse's family, such as mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

After Marriage

The period or phase of life that follows the formal union of two people in matrimony.