(Im)migrants’ appropriation of culture: Reciprocal influence of personal and work contexts

Dey, Bidit L.; Apostolidis, Chrysostomos; Nasef, Youssef Tarek; Samuel, Lalnunpuia; Singh, Pallavi; Brown, David M.

Abstract

Increasing internationalisation in organisations demands further research on acculturation within international business (IB). Based on triangulated qualitative data on South Asian diasporas’ food consumption in the UK and Bahraini contexts, we introduce two acculturative orientations: essentialism and boundary spanning. We contribute to literature by linking acculturative orientations with relevant drivers and resulting adoption and adaptation of cultures to offer a new perspective towards analysing (im)migrants’ appropriation of culture in personal and work settings. We push the boundary of IB research by highlighting and enriching the understanding of, and reciprocity between, social and occupational contexts that shape (im)migrants’ acculturation.

Citation

Dey, B. L., Apostolidis, C., Nasef, Y. T., Samuel, L., Singh, P., & Brown, D. M. (2022). (Im)migrants’ appropriation of culture: Reciprocal influence of personal and work contexts. Journal of World Business, 58(2), Article 101417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101417

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 27, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Nov 29, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 21, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 7, 2022
• Journal: Journal of World Business
• Print ISSN: 1090-9516
• Electronic ISSN: 1878-5573
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 58
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: 101417
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101417
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1185188