Self in mobility

Exploring the transnational in-between identity of Chinese student returnees from the UK

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ID11919151
AuthorsSuyang Wang (0000-0003-4051-8077, Beijing Foreign Studies University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume52
Issue6
Pages861-878
Publication date2020-11-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCompare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057925.2020.1840335
OpenAlexW3097821696
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited31

Situated within the changing dynamics of international student mobility, this paper explores the meaning of transnational in-between identity. The empirical evidence is based on the key findings of a four-year qualitative study on Chinese students who returned from the UK after completing their university degrees. The paper argues that transnational in-between identity is a fluid and diverse process of self-formation through which agency interacts with the four key dimensions of intercultural competence, reconstruction of locality, diaspora consciousness and mixed senses of belonging. The conceptual contribution of this research is that it combines transnationalism, a theory normally confined to the field of migration studies, and the concept of in-betweenness, derived from intercultural adjustment, to investigate the identity changes experienced by student returnees

Agency (philosophy · Competence (human resources · Consciousness · Diaspora · Expatriate · Identity (music · Intercultural Competence · Pedagogy · Political science · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Gender Studies · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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