Tourism and the family in a rural Cretan community

Kousis, Maria

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“…Kousis (1989) commented on the ensuing patterns of adjustment amongst such wives, seeking to fit into the life of local communities but still wishing to maintain their own identities. As the nature of in-migration changed rapidly in the 1990s and subsequent years, the expatriate organization also began to change and evolve.…”

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In the age of ‘liquid modernity’: self-initiated expatriates in Crete, their multi-generational families and the community

Clark

Altman

2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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In this paper, we aim to broaden and deepen the current debate on expatriation in business and management discourse, and especially self-initiated expatriation. Following Bauman's [Liquid Modernity (2000), Cambridge: Polity; Liquid Love, On the Frailty of Human Bonds (2003), Cambridge: Polity] critique of postmodern society and, employing an anthropological lens, we examine work-related expatriation as set within a wider life context. Whereas conventional expatriation research focus is on the workplace, the focus of this study is the wider community. We take a longitudinal approach demonstrating the essential fluid nature of expatriation in general, self-initiated expatriation in particular. We show the importance of multi-generational links as overall critical considerations in effecting decisions to move or stay; we also show how over time, changes in circumstances, career plans and demands of significant others, drive the expatriate agenda. We pay particular attention to nontraditional expatriates and issues of health and disability in the extended family. Finally, we document the importance of the wider family and of the community in the process of adjustment and in engendering a sense of belonging.

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Section: The Research Contextmentioning

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In the age of ‘liquid modernity’: self-initiated expatriates in Crete, their multi-generational families and the community

Clark

Altman

2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…The local elite also played a significant role in the coastal village of Drethia (a pseudonym for a coastal community in Heraklio Prefecture). As reported by Kousis (1984:101-102) a retired mayor, coming from a higher status family started to accommodate in his coastal summerhouse the first tourists that made their appearance in Drethia, and later, when the influx of tourists increased, he transformed his house to accommodate them. This is the first tourist accommodation establishment on record in the area.…”

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“…The expansion of the island's tourism industry has resulted in changes in local economic activity, as Kousis (1989) found in Drethia. With the arrival of tourists, "the number of farmers decreased dramatically, while the number of small shopkeepers and wage earners increased considerably" (p.332).…”

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“…Among the buyers the most important was G.T.T., a joint venture of a European multinational of hotels, a Greek bank and a Cretan businessman, that in 1972, started to operate a four star hotel in the area. According to the same author (Kousis, 1984) during the 1980s outsiders owned almost twice as many hotel beds as the locals. Today, value appreciation in tourist areas, frequently prohibits locals from acquiring land for tourism induced developments (Briassoulis, 2003: 110).…”

Section: Influences On the Development Of The Supply Side Of The Tourmentioning

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“…Finally, for non-accommodation enterprises, the locals in Drethia, for example, control approximately 30% of the capital for tourist shops, although their share of the capital in non-tourist enterprises, mainly farms, is substantially higher (Kousis, 1984).…”

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The present study aims to determine the importance of two elements as factors favouring social and occupational mobility in the tourism sector, namely family and the corresponding rate of local tourism development. The research methods employed were of quantitative and qualitative nature. Our analysis of intragenerational and intergenerational mobility focuses on the transitions effectuated from one type of tourism enterprise or occupational status to another. The conclusions point out the existence of familial professional strategies and a pronounced intergenerational professional heredity and underline the role played by the tourism labour market in the achievement of upward social and occupational mobility.

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Tourism and the family in a rural Cretan community

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