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Identity work in the backstage: Exploring the role of expatriate bubbles in identity work of self-initiated expatriate engineers through a Goffmanian lens (2022)
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Purpose: While there is vast research on expatriate adjustment, it is still known very little on how self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) in particular might cope with identity conflicts and how they engage with identity work. What is more, although the... Read More about Identity work in the backstage: Exploring the role of expatriate bubbles in identity work of self-initiated expatriate engineers through a Goffmanian lens.

'I have her image of bringing me cherries as an offer' : Exploring belonging and trust in cross-border business collaboration through storytelling (2021)
Journal Article

This paper explores the role of narratives as resources for enacting group membership and community building in the case of one company, a Greek- Turkish partnership, SforSteel. We pay special attention to the function of iterative stories and specif... Read More about 'I have her image of bringing me cherries as an offer' : Exploring belonging and trust in cross-border business collaboration through storytelling.