Abstract
The world continues to experience an ever-expanding flow of migration that contributes to the changing nature of the global population and increased diversification of the workforce. According to the United Nations (2017), from 2000 to 2015, migration contributed to 42% of the population growth in North America and 31% in the Oceania region. Today, there are approximately 150 million migrant workers of the estimated 258 million international migrants (International Organization for Migration, 2018a). While it is tempting to imagine past migration flows as stable in comparison to today’s migration trends, international migration itself has always been a dynamic and fluctuating phenomenon. A historical examination reveals a consistent propensity towards geographic migration with abundant examples of cross-cultural exchanges and complex networks of trade consistently present (Jack & Westwood, 2009). In this chapter...
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary Cross-Cultural Management chapters |
| Editors | Betina Szkudlarek , Laurence Romani, Dan V. Caprar , Joyce S. Osland |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England |
| Chapter | 27 |
| Pages | 409-429 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781529729603 |
| Publication status | Published - 28 May 2020 |
