This concept involves melting migration (as individuals who move from one country to another, seeking better living conditions) with Lifestyle (a ‘free choice’ to pursue a particular way of living through migration). It normally involves identity-making projects of individuals who approach migration as a form of consumption in contrast to the typically production-orientated migration flows.
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Types and Challenges of Expatriation
Carla Freitas Morence (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Marta Ferreira Esteves (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Núria Rodrigues Silva (University of Aveiro, Portugal), and António Carrizo Moreira (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3473-1.ch175
Abstract
Although corporate expatriation, especially involving multinational firms, has been receiving the main focus of attention in the academy, this chapter seeks to complement this narrow perspective embracing the analysis of complementary approaches involving migration, assigned expatriates, self-initiated expatriates, lifestyle expatriates, and expat-preneurs. For that a literature review was carried out taking into account those different approaches to expatriation. Clearly, this chapter embraces the explanation of those five main approaches that complement the classical view of migration and expatriation through multinational companies.