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MBA thesis survey: Third Culture Kids (TCKs)

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Dear TCKs,

 

I would be most grateful if you respond to this brief survey (10 questions) which will contribute greatly to my MBA thesis on Adult Third Culture Kids (ATCKs)*. Please forward it to other ATCKs if you know people who fit inclusion criteria below*.

 

Please respond by replying to me (yo.mo@mac.com) and typing your answers in my original message before 1 September 2008.  I included open-ended questions to capture the diverse experiences of everyone, and inserted some of my own answers as examples to clarify the information I need. Feel free to answer in the style you prefer (short, long, bullet points) and in the language you prefer (preferably English, French, Italian or German).

 

Your information will be used solely by myself with strict confidentiality and any data or quotes presented in my thesis will be totally anonymised.  If you have any questions or need further clarification please don’t hesitate to call me or write to me. 

 

Mo

MBA 2007 – 2008

Imperial College London

South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ

Mobile: +44 (0)75 1723 2421

Phone: +44 (0)20 7386 8281 

 

*[A]TCKs (aka Global Nomads) are individuals who have spent a significant period  (4 yrs+) of their formative years (age 3-18) in a culture other than their parents’, thus assimilating elements of their home culture and the host culture into a third culture. (cf.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Culture_Kids)

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1.  Personal Details

Place of birth     e.g. London (UK)

Year of birth    e.g. 1979 

Nationality(ies)  e.g. British and Jordanian

Parents’ origin e.g. Damascus (Syria) and Saffarin (Palestine) 

 

2.  Where did you live before the age of 18 and for how long?

e.g. Doha (Qatar) 1980-1997; London (UK) intermittently

3.  What languages can you converse comfortably in?

e.g. Arabic, English, French and Italian

 

4. To what extent (0-10) do you feel the following elements contribute to your multicultural experience (before adulthood)?

parents:  e.g. 4

school:

friends:

own initiative:

explain (optional): e.g. learning French at school (5), playing classical music (3)

 

5. Do you feel your multi- cultural / lingual skills and experience influenced your choice of degree or career? How (please consider both pros and cons)?

 

6.  Do you feel your multi- cultural / lingual skills and experiences distinguish you professionally from your peers now? How (please consider both pros and cons)?

 

7.  To what extent (1-10) do you feel your current / previous employer (a) recognised; (b) utilised; and (c) benefitted from your multi- cultural / lingual skills and experiences?

recognised:  e.g. 3

utilised:  

benefitted:

explain: (optional)

 

8.  If you had the choice, where would you prefer to settle, if at all, for the next 5 to 10 years?

 

9.  How important (0-10) are the following considerations to your future job/career?

salary:

technical content: 

human interaction:

international environment:

opportunities to travel:

flexibility to relocate:

other (explain):

 

10. Did you hear about Third Culture Kids before I mentioned the concept to you and did you know you were one?

 

THANK YOU


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August 25, 2008 | Filed Under Research 

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    Ayako
    Ayako Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 5:22 am

    *bump*

    (Is this spam?)

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