ABSTRACT
This chapter gives an overview and a rationale for how the focus on academic cultures was informed by ongoing internationalisation and globalisation. Various potential effects arising from crossing cultures are discussed, for example, within the context of PhD supervision as a crucial site for supervisor-supervisee intercultural interactions. This leads to the discussion of exemplars of positive academic acculturation outcomes and critical factors for encouraging them. Using Shimeca’s vignette serves as a springboard for a deeper discussion of the relationship between socialised learning and intercultural interaction; authentic assessment of academic cultures; and receptivity versus conformity – all crucial in academic acculturation management.
