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Author:   Anna Spiegel (Bielefeld University, Germany) ,  Ursula Mense-Petermann (Bielefeld University, Germany) ,  Bastian Bredenkötter (Bielefeld University, Gemany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781138190214

ISBN 10:   1138190217
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   23 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Anna Spiegel and Ursula Mense-Petermann Part 1: Embedding the Expatriate Manager 2. Working in Transnational Social Spaces: Expatriate Managers in Transnationally Integrated MNCs Ursula Mense-Petermann 3. Expatriate Managers as Boundary Spanners in MNCs Bastian Bredenkötter 4. Cosmopolitans or Parochial Anti-Cosmopolitans? Expatriate Managers’ Resources, Social Positions, and Orientations Anna Spiegel and Ursula Mense-Petermann Part 2: Negotiating Difference in the Private Sphere 5. Difference, Spatiality, and Sociability in the Everyday Life of Expatriate Managers Anna Spiegel 6. Gendered Mobilities, Gendered Cosmopolitanism: Male and Female Expatriate Managers and Their Accompanying Spouses Anna Spiegel Part 3: Negotiating Difference in the Professional Sphere 7. Role-taking and Role-making: Expatriates as Creative Organizational Boundary Spanners in MNCs Bastian Bredenkötter 8. Expatriate Managers as Cosmopolitan Professionals? Dealing with Difference at the Work Place Anna Spiegel Part 4: Comparative Perspectives and Conclusion 9. Host Country Effects? How Host Locality Properties Impact Practiced Cosmopolitanism Ursula Mense-Petermann 10. Conclusion: The Paradoxes of Practiced Elite Cosmopolitanism Anna Spiegel

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This book reveals important insights into the complexities and realities of the lives and works of international managers and their families. Based on rigorous academic research, it provides a 'close-up and personal' picture of the realities of managing in a global world. -Susanne Tietze, University of Keele

"""This book reveals important insights into the complexities and realities of the lives and works of international managers and their families. Based on rigorous academic research, it provides a ‘close-up and personal’ picture of the realities of managing in a global world."" –Susanne Tietze, University of Keele"

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Ursula Mense-Petermann is a Professor at Bielefeld University, Germany. Anna Spiegel is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bielefeld University, Germany. Bastian Bredenkötter is a Doctoral Researcher at Bielefeld University, Germany.

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