Transformational learning experiences of international development volunteers in the Asia-Pacific: The case of a multinational NGO |
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| Authors: | Anthony Fee Sidney J Gray |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Business, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia;2. University of Sydney Business School, NSW 2006, Australia;1. School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, UK;2. Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany;3. DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany;4. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34100, Trieste, Italy;1. Department of Radiology, Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada;2. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;3. Real Time Medical, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;5. Department of Radiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;1. State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, PR China;2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, PR China;1. Director of Instructional Design, Shadow Health, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA;2. Doctoral Candidate in Educational Technology, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7048, USA |
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| Abstract: | While most MNE activity in Asia and the Pacific focuses on rapidly developing and newly industrialized economies, multinational NGOs have for decades provided important financial, human and social capital to poorer nations in the region. Our study examines the learning experiences of a sample of expatriate volunteer workers deployed by the Asia-Pacific's largest international volunteer agency. Our field research shows that, when compared to a control group, the expatriates’ learning was unique in terms of context, process and outcomes. Notably, expatriates experienced learning outcomes that were more frequently transformational, involving fundamental changes to their values, perspectives or assumptions. |
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