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Contributions, Considerations and Reflections

In: Expatriates in China

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  • Ilaria Boncori

    (University of Essex)

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This study enriches previous work on expatriate adjustment particularly through the presentation of empirical material derived from both the interviews and my autoethnographic account, but also in the specificity of the selected group (Italian expatriates in China), who had not been investigated before in a modern context through academic lens of an author who experienced expatriation in China first hand. Analysis of the available literature related to this topic was undertaken repeatedly, before, during and after the interviews with expatriates. The iterative character of the literature review allowed me to take advantage of both older and more recent publications while appreciating the currency of this research topic. Previous research examined during that review called for more empirical research on expatriates involving non-American participants (Mol et al., 2005) and further research on the importance of cross-cultural training (Littrell et al., 2006) and language competence (Bhaskar-Shrinivas et al., 2005). This study is a modest attempt to respond to those calls.

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  • Ilaria Boncori, 2013. "Contributions, Considerations and Reflections," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Expatriates in China, chapter 11, pages 193-201, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-29347-3_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137293473_11
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