Moving Families - Expatriation, Stress and Coping (Paperback)

As the world of work becomes increasingly a global one, employees of governments, companies and non-commercial organizations increasingly find themselves obliged to live abroad for years at a time, uprooting their families from jobs, schools and support networks in the process. This study is a detailed exploration of how families cope both individually and as structures with the stresses of moving to a new culture - how children cope with the change of schools, friends, culture and language, how partners cope with the loss of status that comes from independent employment, with the strains of running a household in an unfamiliar culture and with the isolation of losing day to day contact with established friends and family. Through rich interviews conducted over a period of two years, Mary Haour-Knipe shows the processes of change and adjustment at work. Her findings should be of interest to students of wider issues of migration and to those who study the family under pressure.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	2001
Authors:	Mary Haour-Knipe
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-85728-815-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	1-85728-815-7
Barcode:	9781857288155

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