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There has been several decades of research on why women are under-represented in the expatriate population, but it is only in the past few years that research has begun to focus on issues with members from other diverse groups and how they fit into the expatriate picture. This chapter’s authors spot...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-762042023-09-13T03:33:36Z Chapter 5 Women and Minority Expatriates Shortland, Susan Perkins, Stephen J. expatriate experience, diversity, diversity training, bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJU Organizational theory & behaviour bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMJ Occupational & industrial psychology There has been several decades of research on why women are under-represented in the expatriate population, but it is only in the past few years that research has begun to focus on issues with members from other diverse groups and how they fit into the expatriate picture. This chapter’s authors spotlight gender, age, race, religion and sexual orientation diversity. They point out, however, that MNCs can help alleviate some of these issues by fostering strong diversity climates within the firm, including diversity training programs, but clear evidence for the success of the various attempts to increase diversity is lacking. This chapter highlights how there is a special need for research which considers the intersection of these various dimensions of diversity, and how that can affect expatriate experience. 2023-09-12T12:46:13Z 2023-09-12T12:46:13Z 2023 chapter 9780367626334 9780367621636 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76204 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781003110033_10.4324_9781003110033-5.pdf Taylor & Francis Expatriates and Managing Global Mobility Routledge 10.4324/9781003110033-5 10.4324/9781003110033-5 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 05459549-eac4-49da-b330-9508a635ebf7 9780367626334 9780367621636 Routledge 32 open access
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