Expatriate

Author : Janice Y. K. Lee
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698404939

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The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee Pdf

The inspiration for Expats, a new series starring Nicole Kidman coming soon to Prime Video. “Devastating and heartwarming, and exquisite in every way, this is a book you’ll fall deeply in love with and never want to put down.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians From the New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Teacher, a searing novel of marriage, motherhood, and the search for connection far from home. In the glittering city of Hong Kong, expats arrive daily for myriad reasons—to find or lose themselves in a foreign place, and to forget or remake themselves far from home. Amidst this hothouse atmosphere, a tragic incident causes three American women’s lives to collide in ways that will rewrite every assumption of their privileged world: Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, once again finds herself compromised and adrift, trying to start her life anew; Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, hoping to save her uncertain marriage; meanwhile, Margaret, once the enviable mother of three, tries to negotiate an existence that has become utterly unrecognizable after a catastrophic event. Faced with unthinkable choices, these three women form a profound connection that defies the norms of the sequestered community—finding in each other a strength borne of need, forgiveness, and ultimately hope. Atmospheric and utterly compelling, The Expatriates showcases Lee’s exceptional talent as one of our keenest observers of women’s inner lives.

Author : Katharina Hartl
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Minority women executives
ISBN : 387988711X

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Expatriate women managers by Katharina Hartl Pdf

Author : Martin Edmond
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781988533148

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The Expatriates by Martin Edmond Pdf

The connection between a colony and its founder, centre and margin, is always paradoxical. Where once Britain sent colonists out into the world, now the descendents of those colonists return to interrogate the centre. This is a book about four of these returners: Harold Williams, journalist, linguist, Foreign Editor of The Times; Ronald Syme, spy, libertarian, historian of ancient Rome; John Platts-Mills, radical lawyer and political activist; and Joseph Burney Trapp, librarian, scholar and protector of culture. These were men, born in remote New Zealand, who achieved fame in Europe—even as they were lost sight of at home. Men who became, from the point of view of their country of origin, expatriates. A writer of penetrating insight, Martin Edmond explores the intersections of past and present in the lives of these four extraordinary individuals. Their stories combine, in the hands of this award-winning writer, to a moving reflection upon New Zealand’s place in the world, then and now.

Author : Christopher Dillon
Publisher : Dillon Communications Ltd
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789881714718

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Landed: The expatriate's guide to buying and renovating property in Hong Kong by Christopher Dillon Pdf

Want to buy property in Hong Kong, but don’t know where to start? It’s easier than you think. Over five years, Christopher Dillon—a unilingual expat—bought and renovated an office, an apartment and a factory in Hong Kong.Based on this experience he wrote Landed: The expatriate’s guide to buying and renovating property in Hong Kong. Landed Hong Kong explains how properties are bought and sold. It introduces the players and the parts of the buying process that are unique to Hong Kong. It profiles the neighborhoods that are popular with expatriates, and outlines alternatives to investing in residential property. And it looks at how to successfully renovate your new property, using case studies with budgets and lessons learned. Landed Hong Kong concludes with a list of resources covering everything from architects to utilities.

Author : Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137316301

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Migrants or Expatriates? by Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels Pdf

This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans – American migrants – in France, Germany and the UK. It examines the reasons for their migration, introduces the concept of 'accidental migrant' and explores the question of overseas Americans' integration and identity formation.

Author : Yvonne McNulty,Jan Selmer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781784718183

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Research Handbook of Expatriates by Yvonne McNulty,Jan Selmer Pdf

Author : Julia Scheffler
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783640548064

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Profiling German Expatriate Managers in China by Julia Scheffler Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (International Management), language: English, abstract: This paper strives for investigating the phenomena of expatriates focusing on German expatriates in China. There are several reasons for this. Regarding the main destination of expatriates, which are mainly from Western countries, one third of all assignees have Asia as destination. In Asia, there are huge emerging markets to be explored by MNCs such as China where Western countries have spent FDI for decades already. China is at a “stage of dramatic transition towards a more market-oriented economy.” Moreover, the human resource management stands high on the agenda not only for foreign but also for Chinese companies expanding abroad. Regarding the conceptual framework it can be seen that much research is done exploratory with surveys and questionnaires, and there are also some case studies. This survey study will also have an exploratory character preparing the ground for following empirical research. However, this thesis concentrates on the evaluation of CVs that have been voluntarily uploaded in the internet. This method of analyzing résumés is seen beneficial particularly until now in the social sciences. This study therefore deals with two important, not yet sufficiently answered research questions: A) What is the typical demographical profile of a German expatriate in China? B) What is the typical career profile of a German expatriate in China, respectively what position and function he or she obtains in China? Chapter 2 deals with the conceptual part of data collection and how the data was processed. In the two chapters thereafter, the results of the study are presented by providing answers to the research questions. Chapter 3 clarifies the typical demographical profile of a German expatriate in China, whereas Chapter 4 highlights the working experience, respectively the typical job profile. Chapter 5 will then summarize the findings and provide outlook as well as recommendations for companies. The next subchapter, however, will start to provide a general outlook on the topic of managing expatriates touching the most important topics.

Author : Jaime Bonache,Chris Brewster,Fabian Jintae Froese
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108492225

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Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates by Jaime Bonache,Chris Brewster,Fabian Jintae Froese Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the practical implications for organizations that manage international employees, and individuals who are currently or aspiring expatriates.

Author : Soo Min Toh,Angelo DeNisi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000644784

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Expatriates and Managing Global Mobility by Soo Min Toh,Angelo DeNisi Pdf

Multinational enterprises continue to rely heavily upon expatriates as part of their global workforce. These expatriates, whose exact employment contract may take different forms, are assigned to help them develop global skills as well as to foster knowledge transfer. But managing this expatriate workforce is extremely complex, requiring a questioning of assumptions and sensitivity to new social and cultural dynamics. This book sets out to examine the problem of expatriate management through an I/O Psychology lens. Each chapter draws upon the expertise of scholars from around the world to provide insights into the latest research findings and remaining needs, pertaining to a wide variety of issues. The contributors of this book review the current state of the research of the issue at hand and then make recommendations for where the new frontiers of the research should be in the coming decades. This volume covers four sets of issues pertaining to expatriate management and global mobility in depth. First, the different decision points organizations must make about assigning someone to an overseas location for some period of time; second the different categories of employees in the multinational corporation and their unique characteristics and challenges; third, the various issues and implications of managing a globally mobile workforce; and fourth, the unique contexts of global mobility. Overarching future research themes are identified that lay out the research agenda for the coming decades. By bringing together key research, this book aims to help I/O psychologists understand, explore, and identify new ways of contributing to the understanding of the issues involved in managing an expatriate workforce. Incorporating state-of-the art I/O psychology research in this unique context bears the promise of yielding important new paradigms and practices.

Author : Stefania Mariano,Mirghani Mohamed,Qadir Mohiuddin,Pervez N. Ghauri
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780521121

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The Role of Expatriates in MNCs Knowledge Mobilization by Stefania Mariano,Mirghani Mohamed,Qadir Mohiuddin,Pervez N. Ghauri Pdf

Explores the role of expatriates in the mobilization, nurturing and sharing of knowledge between their original country and the MNCs' host countries. This title includes topics that are related to the management of knowledge and the tools, methods and practices that can be customized to facilitate the transfer of knowledge in MNC settings.

Author : I. Boncori
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137293473

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Expatriates in China by I. Boncori Pdf

Focuses on the individual experiences of Western expatriates in China by merging academic knowledge and real-life testimonials given by interviewees. The author also draws on her own experience of living and working in China, to explore a range of challenges and opportunities met by Western expatriates.

Author : Yvonne McNulty
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781606494837

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Managing Expatriates by Yvonne McNulty Pdf

Expatriation is a big topic, and is getting bigger. Over 200 million people worldwide now live and work in a country other than their country of origin. Tens of billions of dollars are spent annually by organizations that move expatriates around the world. Yet, despite the substantial costs involved, expatriation frequently results in an unsatisfactory return on investment (ROI), with little or no knowledge as to how to improve it. Why is this so? Drawing on more than a decade of expertise, research, and publications in top journals, the authors provide you real solutions to achieve more than a satisfactory ROI from expatriates—with rule number one being: Understand expatriates themselves. This book provides a practical “insider’s” guide that reveals why expatriates seek and accept international assignments; how they feel impacted by new forms of remuneration and other working conditions; how international assignments fit in with their longer-term career aspirations; and what complications arise in terms of their families. Whether you’re a manager or consultant, inside you’ll learn what modern-day global mobility is like (based on the authors’ decade-long study with nearly four hundred expatriates and their managers, as well as over a hundred who were interviewed personally), how it is changing, and why now, more than ever, a hard-nosed ROI approach is necessary.

Author : Scott Hipsher
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780632469

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Expatriates in Asia by Scott Hipsher Pdf

The Asia-Pacific region is recognized as the fastest growing economic region in the world as well as one of the most difficult places for expatriates to work. Classical literature, modern popular entertainment, as well as academic studies often create an impression of Asia in the West which can encourage the formation of a set of expectations about working in Asia that hinder the expatriate adjustment process. This book provides conceptual frameworks as well as practical advice on working in the exciting and challenging environments found in the dynamic and diverse continent of Asia. Identifies and describes the Colonial Paradigm and how it affects the perceptions of Western expatriates Identifies and describes the phenomenon of the independent expatriate Provides case studies to illustrate both the challenges and rewards of the expatriate experience in Asia

Author : Ahmad Rasmi Qabaha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319914152

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Exile and Expatriation in Modern American and Palestinian Writing by Ahmad Rasmi Qabaha Pdf

This book examines the distinction between literary expatriation and exile through a 'contrapuntal reading' of modern Palestinian and American writing. It argues that exile, in the Palestinian case especially, is a political catastrophe; it is banishment by a colonial power. It suggests that, unlike expatriation (a choice of a foreign land over one’s own), exile is a political rather than an artistic concept and is forced rather than voluntary — while exile can be emancipatory, it is always an unwelcome loss. In addition to its historical dimension, exile also entails a different perception of return to expatriation. This book frames expatriates as quintessentially American, particularly intellectuals and artists seeking a space of creativity and social dissidence in the experience of living away from home. At the heart of both literary discourses, however, is a preoccupation with home, belonging, identity, language, mobility and homecoming.

Author : Anne-Meike Fechter,Katie Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135700966

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The New Expatriates by Anne-Meike Fechter,Katie Walsh Pdf

While scholarship on migration has been thriving for decades, little attention has been paid to professionals from Europe and America who move temporarily to destinations beyond ‘the West’. Such migrants are marginalised and depoliticised by debates on immigration policy, and thus there is an urgent need to develop nuanced understanding of these more privileged movements. In many ways, these are the modern-day equivalents of colonial settlers and expatriates, yet the continuities in their migration practices have rarely been considered. The New Expatriates advances our understanding of contemporary mobile professionals by engaging with postcolonial theories of race, culture and identity. The volume brings together authors and research from across a wide range of disciplines, seeking to evaluate the significance of the past in shaping contemporary expatriate mobilities and highlighting postcolonial continuities in relation to people, practices and imaginations. Acknowledging the resonances across a range of geographical sites in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, the chapters consider the particularity of postcolonial contexts, while enabling comparative perspectives. A focus on race and culture is often obscured by assumptions about class, occupation and skill, but this volume explicitly examines the way in which whiteness and imperial relationships continue to shape the migration experiences of Euro-American skilled migrants as they seek out new places to live and work. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.