ABSTRACT
An international scholarly adventure has its distinctive twists and turns. The author look at academic concepts through psychological lenses to help elucidate international scholars’ experiences, given their unique qualities, as well as the novel and unforeseen situations they generally encounter when crossing cultures. He have drawn from Self-Determination Theory, metacognition and the hidden curriculum – with these three strands forming the guidance and considerations offered to culturally diverse doctoral scholars and to those who support them. His intention is to shed light on the impact when differing academic cultures meet and the ramifications for international scholars should there be a need to manage major transitions or reconcile differences. Whereas international literature has been mined in preparing this book, most of the research data for illustrative purposes came from UK-based projects that he was involved in, where developmental and positive psychology theories were typically employed as lenses.
