Carol in Oz Land: An American Academic Moves to Australia

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Kabanoff, Boris Griffin, Mark S.
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	This installment of the Global Vision column represents a little bit of a departure from our focus on international research collaboration but not a total departure. The focus here is on “expatriation” rather than (or perhaps as well as) on collaboration; nevertheless, it continues our theme of “the international dimension” in I-O psychology. When we learned some 6 months (or so) ago that Carol Kulik had accepted an appointment at Melbourne University we thought it provided this column with the chance to get a slice of “reality” of what it means for an I-O professional to change university systems and countries. Carol is a well-known researcher and to our knowledge the “highest profile,” North American I-O scholar to relocate to Australia. Given this, it seemed like a natural opportunity to get her perspective on both the adjustment required of her as an individual and on differences between the U.S. and Australian academies. As members of the Australian system, we thought we might gain from an “outsider's” initial impressions of our academic system and culture, which is second nature to us. Indeed we are intrigued by Carol's rather positive assessment of the Australian PhD process in her article, even as we, in our institution at least, work on bringing our PhD practices somewhat closer to the U.S. model. On the other hand, for our non-Australian readers, particularly Carol's North American colleagues, we thought it would offer them an “insider's” view of a system, about which, in our experience most Americans have a generally positive, but at best very hazy understanding. We ( Mark and Boris, that is!) apologise if this latter observation sounds like a classic piece of stereotyping and we won't even bother to try and justify it, but if it is stereotyping, at least its motivation is affectionate. So, it is with great pleasure that we bring to you the story of “Carol in Oz Land.”
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