Author : Matthias Walther
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658057009
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (58 download)
Book Synopsis Repatriation to France and Germany by : Matthias Walther
Download or read book Repatriation to France and Germany written by Matthias Walther and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.