Mediating the global
Hindman, Heather.
Mediating the global expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu / [electronic resource] : Heather Hindman. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013. - viii, 277 p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : expatria in Nepal -- Conjunctures of mediations : the historical logics of expatriate Nepal -- Families that fail : the mechanisms and labor of productivity -- Market basket economics : the practice of paperwork and shopping like an expatriate -- The protean expatriate : flexibility and the modern worker -- Saving business from culture : cross-cultural training and multicultural performances -- Living in expatria : institutions and the mobile community -- Conclusion : Kathmandu's twenty-first-century expatria.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Foreign workers--Social life and customs.--Nepal--Kathmandu
Professional employees--Social life and customs.--Nepal--Kathmandu
International agencies--Officials and employees--Nepal--Kathmandu.
International business enterprises--Employees.--Nepal--Kathmandu
Labor and globalization--Nepal--Kathmandu.
Culture and globalization--Nepal--Kathmandu.
Electronic books.
HD8670.9.Z8 / K374 2013eb
331.6/2095496
Mediating the global expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu / [electronic resource] : Heather Hindman. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013. - viii, 277 p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : expatria in Nepal -- Conjunctures of mediations : the historical logics of expatriate Nepal -- Families that fail : the mechanisms and labor of productivity -- Market basket economics : the practice of paperwork and shopping like an expatriate -- The protean expatriate : flexibility and the modern worker -- Saving business from culture : cross-cultural training and multicultural performances -- Living in expatria : institutions and the mobile community -- Conclusion : Kathmandu's twenty-first-century expatria.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Foreign workers--Social life and customs.--Nepal--Kathmandu
Professional employees--Social life and customs.--Nepal--Kathmandu
International agencies--Officials and employees--Nepal--Kathmandu.
International business enterprises--Employees.--Nepal--Kathmandu
Labor and globalization--Nepal--Kathmandu.
Culture and globalization--Nepal--Kathmandu.
Electronic books.
HD8670.9.Z8 / K374 2013eb
331.6/2095496