Imagining difference: The experiences of 'transnational' Indian IT professionals in Germany

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-182

  Meijering, Louise ^a   van Hoven, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Culture; Germany; In depth interviewing; Indian IT professionals; Skilled migration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SKILLED LABOR;

GERMANY;

EID: 0037827167     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4762.00253     Document Type: Article

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