Transnational Work Careers
Social Institutions
Work and the Economy
First published: 15 May 2015
Abstract
This essay deals with transnational work careers, an issue that is relatively new in social-scientific research and is discussed here in particular against the background of recent migration and management research. Both disciplines consider the emergence of transnational work careers in connection with economic globalization. In terms of methodology, most of the studies that are relevant to this issue are based on qualitatively oriented analyses and deal empirically with a variety of regions and nations (e.g., China, India, the United States, Canada, Germany, and Scandinavia).
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