ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the unsolved problems through presenting the qualitative data collected from in-depth, face-to-face and telephone interviews with professional Chinese immigrants (PCIs) working in collaborative teams. To achieve this purpose, the chapter starts with a profile of the interviewees. Then it analyses the PCIs' acculturation experiences across the different life domains of cultural identity, friendship and social contact, language maintenance, family relations, cultural customs, participation in cultural activities, news media concerns and the workplace. Along with the analysis of these experiences, the chapter identifies factors that influence PCIs' choice of how to acculturate and examines how acculturation strategies affect the experiences of PCIs in the workplace. The interviewees were asked about whether they perceived any differences in terms of the family relationships in Chinese families as compared with Australian families. Interviewees in general showed their satisfaction toward their working environment and valued autonomy.
