Abstract
The paper investigates how a discursive approach can contribute to contextual comprehension of the identities of transnational professionals, in the sense of both entrepreneurs and employees. A discursive approach allows for conceptualizing the transnational societal and historical context in which the careers of transnational professionals unfold and it also gives insight into how transnational professionals invest, compose, and/or resist identities that are available in a given particular discursive landscape. The argument is illustrated by an empirical analysis of a pilot study of engineers of Moroccan origin in Denmark. The paper also contributes to the ongoing discussion of how a social constructionist epistemology raises complementary questions and produces insights that are new to the extant IHRM literature.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | European Journal of International Management |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| ISSN | 1751-6757 |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2024 |
Keywords
- discursive approach
- discursive landscape
- transnational context
- social constructionist epistemology
- transnational professionals
- entrepreneurs and engineers
- identity work
- Denmark
- Morocco