Negotiating the Transnational Workplace

Indian Computer Professionals in Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID3658261
AuthorsSalim Lakha (Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume26
Issue4
Pages337-359
Publication date2005-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256860500270205
OpenAlexW2059306967
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited22

Academics and journalists have responded in various ways to the recent influx of Indian computer professionals into Australia. Though references to their inflow on temporary visas are frequent, there is as yet no attempt to examine in detail their experiences in the workplace. This paper considers the workplace experiences of Indian computer professionals in Melbourne in the context of the discussion on transnational social spaces. It deals with a specific case study involving employees from an Indian subsidiary of an Australian financial institution who work here on temporary visas. The paper looks at three areas of their professional lives: communication, relations with co-workers and satisfaction in the workplace. It reveals that their presence in the transnational workplace is marked by contested identity, concerns about security of employment and different understandings of what constitutes effective communication. The paper demonstrates that the emergence of transnational social spaces has complex and contradictory outcomes

Geography · Institution · Negotiation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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