Search results for "Ekspatriaatit"
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Suomiäidit Kaliforniassa
2020
Kirja-arvio teoksesta Kinnunen, T. (2019). Kalifornia kutsuu: Kertomuksia eliittisiirtolaisuuden katveista. [Helsinki]: Gaudeamus. nonPeerReviewed
Work-to-personal-life conflict among dual and single-career expatriates
2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore if an expatriate’s career situation at the level of the couple (single career couple (SCC)/dual career couple (DCC)) is related to the expatriate’s work-to-personal-life conflict (WLC) and if the expatriate’s gender is related to WLC. The authors also investigate if the level of WLC is different for men and women in a DCC or SCC (interaction). Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted among 393 Finnish expatriates who were in a relationship and were working. A moderated hierarchical regression was utilized in the data analysis. Findings Gender or DCC/SCC status was not separately related to WLC but an interaction effect between gend…
Schemata, Acculturation, and Cognition : Expatriates in Japan's Software Industry
2016
This multiple case based empirical study expands the knowledge around North American software and IT workers in Japan as well as the expatriate literature and discussion of cognitive schemata in cross cultural settings. The study includes eleven individuals, nine of them in software. Evidence of selection, rejection, and adjustment of cognitive schemata found in Japan's business world is presented. Changes in schemata drive cultural adjustment and acculturation. North American software and IT workers in Japan must maneuver through unfamiliar and often complex schemata to motivate, lead, manipulate, and communicate with coworkers and partners and thereby gain success. peerReviewed
Acculturation of foreign IT workers in Japan from a cognitive and business management viewpoint
2016
This dissertation investigates expatriate IT workers located in Japan in the contexts of their acculturation and thinking about workplace and business negotiations. Case studies of individual actors supported by surveys were chosen as the methods to gather data leading to findings about how expatriates develop in Japan, including their ability to adjust, accept, and reject schemata about business management situations. Individuals were chosen as a unit of study because they are the key figures who decide the economic fate of companies. Schemata were chosen as a study focus in the later articles because they are the cognitive location of information about home and host culture and come into …
Koulutuksen asiantuntijana vieraassa kulttuurissa : suomalainen koulutusvientiasiantuntijatyö sekä kulttuuriäly
2016
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tarkastella suomalaista koulutusvientiä toteuttavia koulutusvientiasiantuntijoita, heidän työtään ja kykyään toimia vieraassa kulttuurikontekstissa. Koulutusta ei voida sellaisenaan tuotteistaa ja viedä maasta toiseen, minkä seurauksena koulutusvientiä toteutetaan monin eri tavoin. Tässä tutkimuksessa koulutusvientiä tarkastellaan osaamisen vientinä, jolla tarkoitetaan koulutuksen asiantuntijuuden vientiä eli suomalaisten koulutusasiantuntijoiden lähettämistä ulkomaille. Tutkimuksen kohteena ovat suomalaiset koulutusvientiasiantuntijat, jotka toimivat expatriaatteina eli ulkomaan kohteeseen lähetettyinä asiantuntijoina. Tutkimuksen tehtävänä oli tuottaa ti…
Aidland konfliktikontekstissa : suomalaisten avustustyöntekijöiden työkokemuksia Afganistanista
2016
Maassa maan tavalla? : eettiset ongelmat ja eettinen kuormittavuus ekspatriaattityössä
2015
Tutkimuksessa on tarkasteltu ekspatriaattien ulkomaankomennuksella kokemia eettisiä ongelmia ja niistä aiheutunutta eettistä kuormittavuutta. Ekspatriaatilla viitataan ulkomaille tietyksi ajanjaksoksi joko itse lähteviä tai organisaation puolelta lähetettäviä työntekijöitä. Eettistä kuormittavuutta on tutkittu aiemmin suomalaisten johtajien keskuudessa (Huhtala ym., 2011), mutta ekspatriaattien kontekstissa aihe on tutkimuskentässä täysin uusi. Tutkimuksen keskeisenä tavoitteena on eettisen kuormittavuuden teoreettinen ja empiirinen tarkastelu. Teoreettista viitekehystä on pohjustettu Jonesin (1991) eettisen päätöksenteon mallilla, Hobfollin (2001) voimavarojen säilyttämisteorialla ja Ronen…
Impact of organisational practices and language on an international business cooperation : the case of a German-Slovakian corporation
2015
In the course of the EU integration process, Slovakia became a target of choice for German investors. The percentage of German foreign direct investment has increased sharply since 1995. A growing number of German small to medium sized enterprises discover Slovakia as profitable location for outsourcing and offshoring. However, little is known about German-Slovakian corporations and expatriate management in Slovakia. The aim of the study is to get an understanding of the impact of organisational culture and language on one specific case of a German-Slovakian business cooperation. During the study, the research question is divided into three sub-questions: How is the organisational culture c…
Managing the repatriation of professionals following overseas assignment
2017
Despite decades of research about culture shock, and latterly but not to the same extent, reverse culture shock, it seems that little is understood about how to manage the process of repatriation after an overseas assignment in the commercial world. Attrition rates of repatriates leaving their employers within the first year following their return continue to rise as those individuals consistently report feeling undervalued by their employers. This study is concerned with how best to manage the process of repatriation from the employees’ point of view. It therefore looks at how a group of repatriating Finns from various professional backgrounds perceived the effects of reverse culture shock…
Re-entry issues and challenges of Finnish repatriates : study of corporate expatriates, employees of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and employees …
2015
This study provides an insight to the re-entry and re-adaptation experiences of three different privileged, voluntary, temporary groups of Finnish professionals. The main goal for the qualitative research was to find greater understanding of the re-entry phenomenon, and outline and identify the most important aspects of the home country re-entry process of the chosen sojourner groups. In addition, the study aimed to clarify possible differences and similarities of the re-entry experiences between these groups. The study was mainly based on the repatriation adjustment model of Black, Gregersen, and Mendenhall from 1992, although theories and studies of various other academic scholars were al…