For students participating in study abroad programs seemingly familiar environs, ongoing cultural mentoring is critically important. This looks at intercultural development using both the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and qualitative analysis of reflective writing assignments. U.S. participants a semester-long faculty-led program Australia experienced significant growth as measured ...

This study identified why students in China, Taiwan, and Korea at both undergraduate and master’s level want to major in hospitality and tourism management (HTM), why they prefer to study abroad, and their preferred concentration of study in the HTM major. Three Asian national student groups were selected at both the undergraduate and master’s student level. In a comparison of motivations for H...

This study examines the impact of a semester study abroad experience in Argentina on the second language acquisition of three American university Spanish learners. The goal is to measure development of two aspects of oral communication skills: fluency and performance in the oral functions of narration, and description and supporting an opinion. Research has shown that immersion in the target cu...

This document describes my study plan with semester granularity as well as the contents of my research project. Readers are presupposed to have a basic understanding of accounting and computer science. Semester Title 1 (F2003) Course work, REA survey and formalization/critique 2 (S2004) Course work, SCM survey, declarative contract/process framework design 3 (F2004) Abroad Course work, declarat...

We examined excess deaths after infection with Salmonella in a registry-based matched cohort study of 25,060 persons infected abroad and 5,139 infected within Sweden. The domestically infected have an increased standardized mortality ratio, whereas those who acquired Salmonella infection abroad had no excess risk of death.