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Adjustment of Expatriates in the Baltic States

Project Description

Global mobility becomes more and more popular. In some countries, such as Germany this phenomena already exists for decades. However, for Baltic countries it is quite new. Therefore, it is important to introduce this phenomena more in those countries. Despite the plethora of career studies regarding mobility of expatriates as well as studies of diversity and inclusion in organizations we know very little about the organizational factors facilitating and impeding the adjustment of expatriates

The aim of this project is to organize a seminar "Possibilities and challenges of adjustment of expatriates in the Baltic states" where experience and practices on expatriates and the main challenges of their adjustment will be discussed and shared by scholars and practitioners. This would be the 1st step to share knowledge and to develop a pilot study on factors fostering adjustment of knowledge expatriates into local labour markets.

Project Period

7/2017 – 12/2017

Projektteam

Prof. Dr. Vilmante Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė
Professor of the Management Department, School of Economics and Business, a head of multidisciplinary research group "International Migration", Kaunas University of Technology.

Dr. Jurga Duobienė
Lecturer of  the Management Department, School of Economics and Business, a member of multidisciplinary research group "International Migration", Kaunas University of Technology.

Assoc. prof. Dr. Kęstutis Duoba
Assoc. Prof. of the Management Department, Vice Dean for Research, School of Economics and Business, a member of multidisciplinary research group "International Migration", Kaunas University of Technology.

Prof. Dr. Liudvika Leišytė
Professor of Higher Education, Center for Higher Education (zhb), coopted at the Department of Business and Economics (WiWi at TU Dortmund), Board member of German Higher Education Research Association.

Anna-Lena Rose
Research Assistant and PhD student, Center for Higher Education (zhb), coopted at the Department of Business and Economics (WiWi at TU Dortmund).

Barbara Scharrer
PhD Candidate at University of Latvia, Attorney-at-Law and Of Counsel at Law Firm GSK Stockmann/ Munich/ Germany.

Prof. Dr. Ruth Alas
Professor at Estonian Business School, Tallinn.

Funding

The Baltic-German University Liaison Office

Publications

  • Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė, V., Leišytė, L., Rose, A.-L., Duobienė, J., Duoba, K., Alas, R., & Banevičienė, I. (2024). Factors influencing expatriates' adjustment in Estonia and Lithuania. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 100, Article 101967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101967
  • Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė, V., Duobienė, J., Duoba, K., Scharrer, B., Leišytė, L., & Rose, A.-L. (2017). Adjustment of expatriates in the Baltic states. Presentation at the Higer Education Research Colloquium, TU Dortmund, November 29. Download
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