Mobile labour: an introduction

Unexplored themes in expatriate management: inspirations from the new mobilities paradigm

“…Thus, employees’ global mobility is often the result of global inequalities (Gama Gato and Salazar, 2018). In line with this, Bastos et al. (2021) argued that global mobility is not always a matter of choice.…”

“…Thus, employees' global mobility is often the result of global inequalities (Gama Gato and Salazar, 2018). In line with this, Bastos et al (2021) argued that global mobility is not always a matter of choice. It can be forced upon large groups of people as a means of making the labor force flexible and distributing labor.…”

“…This perception may be seen as a response to jobs being flexibly moved from one location to another, or to multiple other locations. Thus, international work experience has been described as having become an expectation and something for which people feel proud (Bastos et al. , 2021; Smith and Favell, 2006).…”

“…Hence, global mobility can be perceived as a contradictory form of freedom, produced by the needs and effects of global capital, yet also resistant to total control by states or organizations (Bastos et al. , 2021).…”

“…Hence, global mobility can be perceived as a contradictory form of freedom, produced by the needs and effects of global capital, yet also resistant to total control by states or organizations (Bastos et al, 2021). Power imbalances are another related facet that also create inequalities as far as mobility is concerned (Skeggs, 2004).…”