题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
河南省南阳市2017-2018学年高一下学期英语期末考试试卷
Living aboard can help you make smarter career decisions
Living in a foreign country doesn't just give you the opportunity to learn about different cultures, it can also boost your self-awareness and improve your career.
That's according to a recent study 1 by the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A team of researchers conducted six studies involving 1,874 subjects and found that living abroad increases 2 they call “self-concept clarity.” This is defined as the extent to which a person is able to clearly and confidently define their beliefs. It has been 3 with a slew of benefits, 4 mental well-being, better stress management and enhanced job performance, the 5 write in Harvard Business Review.
In one of the studies, participants were asked to indicate how strongly they 6statements like, “In general, I have a clear sense of who I am and what I am,” and, “It is often hard for me to make up my mind about things 7 I don't really know what I want.”
Those who had lived abroad, the research found, reported a 8 sense of self than those who had not.
In another study, participants who had lived abroad were randomly assigned to two groups. Half were asked to reflect on the experience of living abroad while the 9 group was asked to reflect on the 10 of living in their home country. The study found that subjects who reflected on living abroad reported higher self-concept clarity than those who reflected on living 11.
Living abroad also forces people to 12 against different cultural values and norms. Repeatedly having to do this allows people to 13which values and norms truly define who they are, the researchers explain.
Finally, the study found that the length of time lived abroad had a far greater 14 than the number of foreign countries lived in. The longer people lived abroad, the more likely they were to develop a better 15 of themselves.
As organizations become increasingly global, these findings have 16 implications in the workplace. When it comes to 17 talent, for example, recruiters(征募)highly value job candidates who have international experience because they appear more 18, outgoing and knowledgeable about global affairs, according to the Financial Times.
Further, living abroad better 19 you to make challenging career decisions, according to the researchers.
“It stands to reason,” they write, “that having a clear sense of self explains which types of career options best match one's 20 and fulfill one's values, thereby enabling people to be clearer and more confident about their career decisions.”
Founded in 2010, Wall Street Daily is an independent, honest publisher of news and opinions regarding global financial markets. Its writing staff consists of gifted journalists and investment(投资) professionals. They provide original, practical ideas based on superior insights into value and where and how to find it. They learn facts others don't, they see things differently, and they do a better job to earn money. The following experts are most outstanding of them.
Robert Williams is the Publisher and Founder of Wall Street Daily. Before launching Wall Street Daily, he was the lead financial analyst for Forbes Top 50 private corporation and an analyst to one of the largest academic donations on Earth. Williams has worked alongside venture capitalists(风险投资商), bestselling authors, multi-million-dollar hedge fund(对冲基金)manager, and even billionaire owners of major professional sports merchants. Since launching Wall Street Daily, it's estimated that Williams has helped unlock $26 million in new investor wealth. | |
Louis Basenese helped direct over $1 billion in institutional capital at Morgan Stanley before leaving Wall Street for Silicon Valley. Now, as the world's premier venture capital analyst, Louis tracks early investment opportunities born from technological breakthroughs and new drug discoveries. Louis serves as the Investment Director for his wildly popular publications True Alpha, Extreme Alpha, and Venture Cap Strategist. | |
For 27 years, Martin Hutchinson was an international merchant banker in London, New York, and Zagreb. He ran trading platforms for two European banks before serving as director of a Spanish venture capital company, advisor to the Korean company Sunkyong, and chairman of a U.S. group building company company. In Zagreb, he established the Croation debt capital markets, set up the corporate finance operations of Privredna Banka Zagreb, and arranged for the management of 800,000 frozen Macedonian for eign currency savings accounts. |
试题篮