300021 Work, Mobility and Cosmopolitanism (S) (WiSe 2018/2019)
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Since the 1990s, economic and cultural globalization has propelled the transnational mobility of managers, experts, specialists and other executive staff within international organisations. But does this mobility lead to the emergence of cosmopolitan work environments and cosmopolitan work practices and are these mobile professionals interculturally open and competent cosmopolitans? In this seminar we will look at two different cases of such mobile professionals with global and transnational careers: Expatriate Managers working for MNCs (multinational corporations) and development professionals working in in the global development arena (such as the UN).
After reading basic theoretical texts on globalised work, cosmopolitanism, mobility, and transnational social spaces the focus of this seminar is on empirical studies on mobile professionals. These will come from both mainstream business literature and research using post-colonial and critical management approaches, as well as sociology.
Requirements for participation, required level
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Participants must have basic knowledge in the area of the sociology of work (e.g. having completed an introductory course in 'sociology of work' or having read an introductory book). An interest and basic knowledge in qualitative and interpretative research methods is usefull. Seminar language English.
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Participants are expected to read the texts selected by the organizer and prepare inputs for discussion on the basis of these texts for the seminar. Furthermore, participants are expected to read, analyse and prepare for discussion empirical material from a concluded research project carried out by the organizer (=„Studienleistungen“).
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