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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)
Journal Article
Papafilippou, V., & Efthymiadou, C. (2023). Identity work in the backstage: Exploring the role of expatriate bubbles in identity work of self-initiated expatriate engineers through a Goffmanian lens. Journal of Global Mobility, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-06-2022-0031

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
Efthymiadou, C., & Angouri, J. (2022). 'I have her image of bringing me cherries as an offer' : Exploring belonging and trust in cross-border business collaboration through storytelling. Narrative Inquiry, 32(1), 130-147. https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.20049.eft

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.

Not so 'innocent' after all?: Exploring corporate identity construction online (2016)
Journal Article
Schnurr, S., Wharton, S., Alansari, S., Angouri, J., Chimbwete, R., Chiriatti, T., …Reissner-Roubicek, S. (2016). Not so 'innocent' after all?: Exploring corporate identity construction online. Discourse and Communication, 10(3), 291-313. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481315623902

While a lot of attention has been paid to online branding and the construction and communication of a company’s identity via its website, there is only very little research that looks at the processes involved in these activities from a discourse ana... Read More about Not so 'innocent' after all?: Exploring corporate identity construction online.