This book examines the emergence of a culture of migration through outward migration as a country-specific phenomenon and analyzes it from different perspectives, covering various aspects such as the history of a country, its migration flows, migration push factors, social, economic, and political issues, as well as individual values.
In the first part, the authors present a theoretical background on migration culture formation. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of migration culture in Lithuania in the second part. The presented case study is based on a quantitative survey study of almost 5.400 respondents. Further, the results of this case study are compared and adapted to other classical migration countries in the European Union, such as Spain or Portugal.
The book, therefore, is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of migration and the emergence of a culture of migration in different countries.
Author Biography:
Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė is a professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Economics and Business, a member of Digitalization Research Group and a leader of International Migration Research Cluster at the Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Additionally, she is a member of the AMIKO Research Group at the University of Granada, Spain. Her research interests center on international migration, self-initiated expatriation and well-being of employees. She is the author and the co-author of more than 150 scientific publications and textbooks.
Vilmantė Liubinienė is a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at the Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, and a member of the Digital Culture Communication and Media Research Group. Her research interests focus on cross-cultural and new media communication, and universal values.
Ineta Žičkutė is an associate professor in the School of Economics and Business, a member of Digitalization Research Group and International Migration Research Cluster at the Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Further, she is a member of the AMIKO research group at the University of Granada, Spain. Her research interests focus on international migration, behavioural economics and the application of artificial intelligence solutions. Her scientific work has been nominated by numerous awards.Jurga Duobienė is an associate professor in Human Resource Management and a member of the Digitalization Research Group in the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Her research interests are in the fields of organizational development, business ethics and entrepreneurship in the frame of digitalization.
Audra I. Mockaitis is a professor of International Business at Maynooth University School of Business, Ireland. She has held tenured positions in Australia (Monash) and New Zealand (Victoria University of Wellington). Her research interests center on cross-cultural management, cultural values, multicultural virtual teams, global team leadership, migration and identity. Her work has been published in various international journals and has received multiple best paper and best reviewer awards.
Antonio Mihi-Ramirez is a professor of International and Spain's economics in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Granada University. He is the head of the Research Group SEJ-609 of Granada University "Analysis of Migration, International Economics, and Knowledge" (AMIKO). Further, he is a member of the International Migration Research Cluster at the Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. He is the author and the co-author of more than 100 scientific publications and textbooks on the topic of international migration flows from an economic perspective and knowledge management.
