Temporary international mobility, Family Timing, Dual Career and family democracy. A case of Swedish medical professionals

Boström, Katarzyna Wolanik; Öhlander, Magnus; Pettersson, Helena

doi:10.33182/ml.v15i1.337

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“…The role children play in migration decisions also becomes clearer when framed within the life course. In a way, 'proper family timing' is crucial in facilitating international work with pauses in gender contracts and family democracy as children and spouses follow the primary expat (Boström et al 2018). Thinking about young children is key in the decision to move as they could be cared for by female spouses burdened with caregiving responsibilities or by the availability of domestic help (Kofman 2000).…”

Section: Spatial-temporal Approaches: the Lifecourse And Mobilitiesmentioning

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Privileged migration and the family: family matters in corporate expatriation

Cranston¹,

Tan²

2023

Handbook on Migration and the Family

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The corporate expatriate is often seen as being able to transverse the world with ease, making them privileged. Yet this visualisation focuses on an individual as opposed to the family. In this chapter, we explore existing literature that frames the motivations and experiences of family members within the mobility of the corporate expatriate, highlighting how this literature moves the family from the periphery to the centre of our understanding of this form of mobility. However, through the chapter we show that this literature, despite its emphasis on the relational, could go further in considering the temporal in understanding the family in corporate expatriate migration. Drawing from two separate studies which interviewed Australian and British migrants who undertook expatriate assignments in Singapore, the chapter demonstrates how corporate expatriate mobility is negotiated through an entanglement between different family member's journeys through time and space. However, this does little to contest the notion that corporate expatriate mobility is privileged.

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Section: Spatial-temporal Approaches: the Lifecourse And Mobilitiesmentioning

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Privileged migration and the family: family matters in corporate expatriation

Cranston¹,

Tan²

2023

Handbook on Migration and the Family

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“…In family life, the organization of time reveals underlying values pertaining to gender, age, and work. However, the experience of time can be challenged by the experience of change in a family, such as, for example, the birth of a child, the unemployment of one of the partners, retirement or migration (Wolanik Boström et al., 2018).…”

Section: Time Family and Geographical Mobilitymentioning

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Time and family on the move: ‘Accompanying partners’ in geographical mobility

Suter

Cangià

2020

Time & Society

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Under conditions of global economy, geographical mobility becomes an important aspect of the working lives for a wider range of professionals. At times, these people move with their families. The relocation to a new country can entail changes for the whole family, in particular for the partner, who can experience a more pronounced alteration of work–family relations. Especially for dual career couples, with both partners employed before migration, the change in the experience of time can be very profound for the accompanying partner who can move from being a full-time professional to being a full-time homemaker. Based on two studies conducted respectively in China and Switzerland with mobile families, we explore how accompanying partners experience and practice time in the context of migration with the family. We discuss how, while time for the contracted partner can still be structured by work, a more ambivalent mixture of personal desire, family relations, cultural values and social expectations seem to affect the subjective experience of time for the accompanying partner.

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“…The medical field can be understood as transnational, as it extends beyond national borders, and physicians can practise their profession in different countries [34]. However, a smooth transition from one country’s medical field to that of another country cannot be guaranteed.…”

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Migrant physicians’ entrance and advancement in the Swedish medical labour market: a cross-sectional study

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Background Worldwide, physicians are migrating to new countries and want to practise their profession. However, they may experience difficulties doing so. To optimise and accelerate their entrance into and advancement within the Swedish healthcare system, there is an urgent need to explore how they are currently doing so, as their competences should be put to use without any unnecessary delay. The aim of the study was to explore how migrant physicians with a medical degree from outside EU/EEA enter and advance within the medical labour market in Sweden and to identify perceived barriers and facilitating aspects in the process. The empirical findings are discussed in light of Bourdieu’s concept symbolic capital as adapted in the Swedish medical field. Methods A cross-sectional study with a self-administrated questionnaire was disseminated. A sample of 498 migrant physicians were identified. Descriptive statistical analysis and qualitative thematic analysis were used to analyse the data. Results The response rate was 57% (n = 283). Respondents mainly found their first positions via spontaneous job applications, during internships, while participating in an educational intervention or via personal contacts. Perceived barriers to entering and advancing within the medical field in Sweden were mainly related to having a medical degree from and/or originating from another country, which could in turn represent discrimination and/or having one’s competence undervalued as a result. Facilitating aspects included having or developing contacts in Swedish healthcare and gaining proficiency or fluency in the Swedish language. Conclusions When MPs find their first positions, the contacts they have developed appear to play a role, and when advancing in their positions, the active development of a variety of contacts seems to be beneficial. MPs experience a variety of barriers to entering and advancing within the field that could be related to discrimination. Many MPs perceived having their competences undervalued due to their origin or to being educated abroad. Based on the respondents’ experiences, our interpretation is that MPs as a group are hierarchically positioned lower in the Swedish medical field than physicians trained in the country. Facilitating aspects included educational interventions, having contacts and developing language skills. For optimal entry into the labour market, it is vitally important for MPs to learn the new language and obtain a job or internship in the field as soon as possible.

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Temporary international mobility, Family Timing, Dual Career and family democracy. A case of Swedish medical professionals

Cited by 9 publications

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Privileged migration and the family: family matters in corporate expatriation

Privileged migration and the family: family matters in corporate expatriation

Time and family on the move: ‘Accompanying partners’ in geographical mobility

Migrant physicians’ entrance and advancement in the Swedish medical labour market: a cross-sectional study

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