{"title":"Cross-cultural issues of US service members assigned to South Korea","authors":"Troy Coienth Troublefield, N. Harkiolakis","doi":"10.1504/IJTCS.2018.10014637","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"US service members assigned to the Republic of Korea seem to receive little cross-cultural training to face challenges in interacting with the native population. This case study research explored the effectiveness of cross-cultural training practices by interviewing US service members assigned to various positions within the Korean Peninsula. A thematic analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that the formal training practices of the US armed forces in South Korea are lacking in length and do not adequately cover service members' cross-cultural integration needs. While some service members found additional resources on their own and by exploiting affiliated local resources, the overall training experience fell behind similar services the army provides in European locations. The insights gained from this study can help to significantly improve current and future cross-cultural training models that help to build service members' cross-cultural competence in any foreign environment they may be assigned to in the future.","PeriodicalId":253960,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTCS.2018.10014637","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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US service members assigned to the Republic of Korea seem to receive little cross-cultural training to face challenges in interacting with the native population. This case study research explored the effectiveness of cross-cultural training practices by interviewing US service members assigned to various positions within the Korean Peninsula. A thematic analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that the formal training practices of the US armed forces in South Korea are lacking in length and do not adequately cover service members' cross-cultural integration needs. While some service members found additional resources on their own and by exploiting affiliated local resources, the overall training experience fell behind similar services the army provides in European locations. The insights gained from this study can help to significantly improve current and future cross-cultural training models that help to build service members' cross-cultural competence in any foreign environment they may be assigned to in the future.