| Description |
1 online resource (153 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Abstract -- Profiles -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 : Introduction -- i. Research Question / Collection of Biographies -- ii. The Field and Biographical sample -- iii. Methodology: interviews, participant observation -- iv. Observing Oneself: Positionality -- v. Defining Corporate Mobility and Fieldwork -- vi. Mobility Factors -- vii. Framework -- Chapter 2 : Plug In / Plug Out -- i. Working Strategies -- ii. Working together -- iii. On the Personal Front -- iv. Affective Analysis -- v. Containing Perspectives -- vi. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 : Families on the Move |
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I. Mobility Snapshots -- ii. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 : Intellectual Capital as Currency -- i. Language as Currency -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 : Mobility Flows: Emotions -- Food, Rituals, Memory -- i. Affect Theory Unpacked -- ii. Sensorial Mobility -- iii. Emotional Capital -- iv. Emotions on the Move -- v. Conclusion -- Chapter 6 : Transnational Transformations -- i. Management Matters -- ii. Mobile Leaders -- iii. Success Factors -- iv. Conclusion -- Chapter 7 : Basel Topography & Features -- i. Imaginary of Basel -- ii. (Un)common Spaces -- iii. Conclusion |
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Chapter 8: Basel is Unique -- City Life -- i . Reality Bites -- ii. International School Bubble -- iii. (In)Visible Boundaries -- iv. Consuming Cosmopolitanism -- v. Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Mobility or Not? -- i. Dual Career Choices -- ii. Support Networks -- iii. Conclusion -- Chapter 10 : Swiss Spaces -- i. Gruezi! Greetings! -- ii. Permission, Please! -- iii. Integration Means? -- iv. Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Exploring 'I' -- i. Getting to know Basel -- ii. Learning By Doing -- iii. University Experience -- iv. What does this mean? -- v. Conclusion -- Chapter 12 : Sensorialscapes |
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I. Linking Spatialities -- ii. Emotional Capital -- iii. Discomfort Explored -- iv. Conclusion -- Chapter 13. Concluding Findings and Remarks -- 1. Mobility enhances career and personal trajectories -- 2. Intellectual Capital leads to Mobility and Mobility leads to Intellectual Capital -- 3. Emotional Capital Accumulation -- 4. Agency -- 5. Culture & Belonging -- 6. Loose Ends -- i. Complexity of Success -- ii. Mobility & Identity Markers -- iii. Globalisation, Self & Ethnography -- iv. PhD 2015 -- Pandemic 2020 -- References |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Globalization.
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globalism.
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Globalization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783838276526 |
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3838276523 |
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