From 'fish out of water' to 'fitting in': The challenge of re-placing home in a mobile world

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-36

  Butcher, Melissa ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Expatriate; Home; Transnational mobility

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MOBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA;

EID: 73349120630     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.575     Document Type: Article

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