Switzerland doesn’t want me” Work, precarity and emotions for mobile professionals’ partners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15538448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Flavia Cangià (0000-0002-0830-4477, University of Neuchâtel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-217 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MIGRATION LETTERS (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-8984 • E-ISSN: 1741-8992 |
| Publisher | Dewspublication (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33182//ml.v16i2.660 |
| OpenAlex | W2940098856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
A wide range of professions demands mobility as a requisite for “excellence”, success and “good performance”. At the same time, more precarious and flexible conditions, ranging from unemployment, to temporary, free-lance and self-employed occupations, now characterize the mobile trajectories of a large number of professionals and their partners. What is the emotional cost of these conditions in mobility? How do mobile professionals’ partners feel and deal with feeling rules regarding unemployment and job search when moving? The article examines the case of Switzerland, by exploring the experience of mobile professionals’ partners
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Excellence · Feeling · Political science · Precarity · Public relations · Sociology · Unemployment · Work (physics · Emotional Labor in Professions · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |