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Repatriation to France and Germany [electronic resource] : A Comparative Study Based on Bourdieu's Theory of Practice / by Matthias Walther.

By: Walther, Matthias [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: mir-Edition: Publisher: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2014Description: XXIX, 328 p. 38 illus., 5 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783658057008.Subject(s): Business | Management science | Leadership | Personnel management | Business and Management | Human Resource Management | Business Strategy/Leadership | Business and Management, generalAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 658.3 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Intercultural Management -- Human Resources -- Franco-German Management -- International Career Mobility.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: A significant amount of German and French career agents are involved with international careers. Applying Bourdieu's Theory of Practice, Matthias Walther compares the repatriation of German and French career agents into the external labor markets of their parent country career fields. A qualitative content analysis of 40 semi-structured interviews shows that the German and French career agents' career capital and habitus develops during expatriation, which has an important impact on the re-integration into the parent country career field. The Author shows that in an international career mobility context, the rules of the game change compared to the rules in a pure national career context, which challenges the pertinence of national career models in understanding repatriation in a Franco-German context. Contents Intercultural Management Human Resources Franco-German Management International Career Mobility Target Groups Researchers in the field of Human Resource Management, International Management, Strategic Management Managers and practitioners in International companies involved in Human Resource Management The Author Dr. Matthias Walther obtained his PhD in Management as a cotutelle de th�ese from the University of Bamberg (D) and the University of Lyon 3 (F).
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Intercultural Management -- Human Resources -- Franco-German Management -- International Career Mobility.

A significant amount of German and French career agents are involved with international careers. Applying Bourdieu's Theory of Practice, Matthias Walther compares the repatriation of German and French career agents into the external labor markets of their parent country career fields. A qualitative content analysis of 40 semi-structured interviews shows that the German and French career agents' career capital and habitus develops during expatriation, which has an important impact on the re-integration into the parent country career field. The Author shows that in an international career mobility context, the rules of the game change compared to the rules in a pure national career context, which challenges the pertinence of national career models in understanding repatriation in a Franco-German context. Contents Intercultural Management Human Resources Franco-German Management International Career Mobility Target Groups Researchers in the field of Human Resource Management, International Management, Strategic Management Managers and practitioners in International companies involved in Human Resource Management The Author Dr. Matthias Walther obtained his PhD in Management as a cotutelle de th�ese from the University of Bamberg (D) and the University of Lyon 3 (F).

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