Sökning: "Expatriates"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Expatriates.

  1. 1. Global careerists’ identity construction : A narrative study of repeat expatriates and international itinerants

    Författare :Malin Näsholm; Nils Wåhlin; Tommy Jensen; Christopher Brewster; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; global careers; repeat expatriates; international itinerants; narrative; career; identity construction; social identity;

    Sammanfattning : Research on international work experiences has to a great extent focused on an international assignment as a single event, and on how to optimize it from the organization’s perspective. This thesis addresses individuals’ subjective experiences of international work experiences and focuses on individuals with global careers, who see working abroad as a major element of their careers, involving several international assignments or international work experiences. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Tales of transformation: Expatriate encounters with local contexts : A postcolonial reading

    Författare :Anna Wettermark; Christian Maravelias; Hervé Corvellec; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Expatriates; identity reconstruction; postcolonialism; international management; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis examines how and in what sense expatriates are changed and transformed by their intercultural experiences. In doing so it seeks to complement more efficiency-oriented expatriation studies by outlining a relational and contextual view inspired by postcolonialism. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Language as a Leading Light to Business Cultural Insight : A Study on Expatriates' Intercultural Communication in Central and Eastern Europe

    Författare :Kjell Ljungbo; Björn Bjerke; Susanne Tietze; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Language; multilingualism; culture; intercultural communication; business; expatriate; Central and Eastern Europe; cultural significance structure; business flower; hermeneutics; ideal type; export; foreign language skills; language competence; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : Language competence is decisively important in international business and could increase efficacy, efficiency, sales and profits. Language is an underresearched area in business studies though language constitutes management and the managers building structures, processes, cultures and personalities being the most vital working tool to get things done and make them understandable. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Att leva utomlands : en studie av utlandssvenskars anpassning, trivsel och levnadsvanor

    Författare :Ingemar Torbiörn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Svenskar i utlandet;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 5. Construction of Transnational Identities? : a study of how multiple international assignments influence individuals' identity processes

    Författare :Malin Näsholm; Nils Wåhlin; Tommy Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international assignments; identity construction; career; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis examines multiple international assignments from an identity construction perspective, and identification or social identities as part thereof. A distinction is made between repeat expatriates, employed by the same company over several assignments abroad, and international itinerants, who move abroad working for several different companies. LÄS MER