Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/79045 
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2009
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[Journal:] Management Revue [ISSN:] 1861-9916 [Volume:] 20 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Rainer Hampp Verlag [Place:] Mering [Year:] 2009 [Pages:] 53-69
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Rainer Hampp Verlag, Mering
Abstract: 
Considering international assignments as part of an individual's career, beyond the traditional expatriate assignment as employed and sent out by a company, this paper focuses on international itinerants. The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of individuals with multiple international work experiences, crossing the boundaries of a single employer, their experiences, identifications and identity construction. In the study an identity construction perspective is applied on four in-depth interviews with Swedish international itinerants. Categories of narratives are identified where the itinerants experience ambiguities and paradoxes in their identity construction, what they identify with and implications are discussed.
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international assignments
international itinerants
identity construction
career
social identity
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