The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives

We explored the lived experiences of foreign-born women to discover influences on their international working lives. Life history narratives were collected in interviews with a sample group of participants (#12) in the United Arab Emirates. A phenomenological framework of content analysis was applie...

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Main Author: Kemp, Linzi (author)
Other Authors: Rickett, Bridgette (author)
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Published: 2017
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Kemp, L. J., and Rickett, B. (2017) The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives. Gender, Work & Organization, doi: 10.1111/gwao.12201.
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Gender diversity and equality
Foreign-women's economic participation
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description We explored the lived experiences of foreign-born women to discover influences on their international working lives. Life history narratives were collected in interviews with a sample group of participants (#12) in the United Arab Emirates. A phenomenological framework of content analysis was applied to these data, which resulted in identification of three emergent themes of influences on participants' working lives; becoming a new generation of expatriates; adjustment to socio-cultural change; centrality of womanhood. We discuss the implications of these themes for the human development and professional identity of foreign-born working-women. Insight arises from the study, for business practitioners and policy makers, about the actual and potential contributions of these women to a national workforce. The study contributes a new classification, the Foreign-born Working-Woman, to the body of academic knowledge on expatriate workers. A research direction is proposed for further study about the influences on the economic participation of foreign-born women.
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spelling The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working livesKemp, LinziRickett, BridgetteArab Gulf statesExpatriateGender diversity and equalityForeign-women's economic participationWe explored the lived experiences of foreign-born women to discover influences on their international working lives. Life history narratives were collected in interviews with a sample group of participants (#12) in the United Arab Emirates. A phenomenological framework of content analysis was applied to these data, which resulted in identification of three emergent themes of influences on participants' working lives; becoming a new generation of expatriates; adjustment to socio-cultural change; centrality of womanhood. We discuss the implications of these themes for the human development and professional identity of foreign-born working-women. Insight arises from the study, for business practitioners and policy makers, about the actual and potential contributions of these women to a national workforce. The study contributes a new classification, the Foreign-born Working-Woman, to the body of academic knowledge on expatriate workers. A research direction is proposed for further study about the influences on the economic participation of foreign-born women.Wiley2019-03-12T12:33:34Z2019-03-12T12:33:34Z2017PreprintPeer-Reviewedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfKemp, L. J., and Rickett, B. (2017) The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives. Gender, Work & Organization, doi: 10.1111/gwao.12201.1468-0432http://hdl.handle.net/11073/1640910.1111/gwao.12201en_UShttp://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12201oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/164092024-08-22T12:16:45Z
spellingShingle The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
Kemp, Linzi
Arab Gulf states
Expatriate
Gender diversity and equality
Foreign-women's economic participation
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title The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
title_full The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
title_fullStr The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
title_full_unstemmed The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
title_short The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
title_sort The lived experiences of foreign women: Influences on their international working lives
topic Arab Gulf states
Expatriate
Gender diversity and equality
Foreign-women's economic participation
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16409