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

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

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101417

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

Bidit L. Dey, Youssef Tarek Nasef, David Michael Brown, Lalnunpuia Samuel, Pallavi Singh, Chrysostomos Apostolidis^*

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	101417
Journal	Journal of World Business
Volume	58
Issue number	2
Early online date	29 Nov 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101417
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

Keywords

Acculturation
Boundary spanning
Cultural adaptation
Cultural adoption
Cultural appropriation
Essentialism

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Business and International Management
Finance
Marketing

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