Transnational Experts, Rooted Careers. Migrant Professionals from Macedonia in Germany

This article is based on a study of migrant professionals from Macedonia who are now in Germany. It aims to assess how migrants who practise professions relate to their identities as experts who can sustain (or at least have the opportunity to sustain) relationships linking their places and societie...

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Published in:Comparative Southeast European studies (Print) 2016-03, Vol.64 (1), p.79-95
Main Author: Aceska, Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Careers
Cultural Geography
Experts
Leerstoelgroep Culturele Geografie
Migrants
Professionals
Professions
Transnationalism
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Summary:This article is based on a study of migrant professionals from Macedonia who are now in Germany. It aims to assess how migrants who practise professions relate to their identities as experts who can sustain (or at least have the opportunity to sustain) relationships linking their places and societies of origin and the places where they have settled, and who can use these links to assist their careers. The results show a particular pattern: simultaneously, these migrant professionals promote their expertise as ‘transnational’, but aim to have careers that are rooted in one place.
ISSN:2701-8199
0722-480X
2701-8202
2364-933X
DOI:10.1515/soeu-2016-0006