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| Tekijä: | Siljanen, T. Lämsä, A-M. |
| Otsikko: | The changing nature of expatriation: Exploring cross-cultural adaptation through narrativity |
| Lehti: | International journal of human resource management
2009 : JUL, VOL. 20:7, p. 1468-1486 |
| Asiasana: | employment non-profit organizations Middle East culture |
| Vapaa asiasana: | adaptation expatriation |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Decribed is an exploratory research study to develop a typology showing the diversity of expatriation (here as: expatn.) from the viewpoint of cross-cultural (as: cr-clt.) adaptation (as: adptn). The study draws on a narrative approach, concentrating on not-for-profit organizations by performing 30 in-depth interviews in an Israeli-Palestinian context. Based on a narrative analysis, there are found four types of expats.: global careerists, balanced experts, idealizers, and drifters. Cr-clt. adptn. is indicated not to be necessarily requiring deep involvement or communication with the host society. However, cr-clt. adptn. requires a focus found meaningful by the expatriate in the long run. Three such focuses were identified: career advancement, local host community, and ideology. |
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