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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