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dc.contributor.authorHebbani, Aparna
dc.contributor.authorObijiofor, Levi
dc.contributor.authorBristed, Helen
dc.contributor.editorDr Tanya Lyons
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:52:33Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:52:33Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-05-09T06:50:34Z
dc.identifier.issn14478420
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36047
dc.description.abstractSince 2001, Australia has accepted a significant number of refugees and humanitarian entrants from Sudan, displaced as a result of two decades of continuous civil war in their homeland. This exploratory qualitative study contributes to a better understanding of female Sudanese former refugees living in Southeast Queensland, Australia, by examining the intercultural communication challenges that confront them as part of resettlement. Two focus groups were conducted with a total of 28 female Sudanese former refugees. The study investigated the challenges that confronted these women in Australia with regard to cross-cultural adaptation. Several complex, intercultural themes emerged in the interviews such as parenting challenges, marital problems, low English language competency, employment issues, and successfully settling in the host community. Their narratives are understood through the lens of various intercultural communication theories.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent94281 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAfrican Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://afsaap.org.au/resources/publication/aras/2010-volume-31/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom37
dc.relation.ispartofpageto61
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe Australasian Review of African Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOrganisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200105
dc.titleIntercultural Communication Challenges Confronting Female Sudanese Former Refugees in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 ARAS. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBristed, Helen AM.


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