Marian van Bakel

Breaking out of the Expat Bubble (eBook, ePUB)

How to Make Intercultural Connections and Friends

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Moving abroad means having to settle into a new host country. This book enables expats and those who support them to create intercultural connections and friendships both within and outside the workplace.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003861737
• Artikelnr.: 69856064

Autorenporträt

Marian van Bakel is Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, where she conducts research in international human resource management, with an emphasis on expatriate management. She is passionate about bridging the gap between theory and practice to make sure practitioners benefit from her research. She is from the Netherlands and lived in France and the United Kingdom. She has been living in Denmark for 10 years now.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Building a new social network
abroad. Chapter 1: A dive into the deep end of the social pool. Chapter 2:
How do expats make new friends abroad. Chapter 3: Developing competences
for making intercultural friends. Part II: Connecting with locals. Chapter
4: The benefits of expat contact with locals. Chapter 5: Connecting with
locals in the workplace. Chapter 6: Intercultural mentoring. Part III: How
to bridge the gap. Chapter 7: The value of buddy systems. Chapter 8: The
importance of the quality of the contact. Chapter 9: How to set up a buddy
system. Chapter 10: Recommendations for expats, organisations, and
societies