| 书目名称 | Transnational Immigrants | | 副标题 | Redefining Identity | | 编辑 | Uma Sarmistha | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Employs mixed method research to understand the prevalence and practice of transnationalism among Indian high-tech workers employed by U.S. firms on temporary work visas, and its impact on their lives | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | This book provides a detailed account of transnational practices undertaken by Indian ‘high-tech’ workers living in the United States. It describes the complexities and challenges of adapting to a new culture while clinging to tradition. Asian-Indians represent a significant part of the professional and ‘high-tech’ workforce in the United States, and the majority are temporary workers, working on contractual jobs (H1-B and L1 work visa category). Further, it is not unusual for Indian immigrant workers to marry and have children while working in the U.S. Gradually, they learn to negotiate the U.S. cultural terrain in both their place of work and at home in the U.S. As such there is the potential that they will become transnational, developing new identities and engaging in cultural and social practices from two different nations: India and the U.S. Against this background, the book describes the nature and extent of transnational practices adopted by high-tech Indian workers employed in the United States on temporary work visas..The study reveals that the temporary stay of these professionals and their families in the U.S. necessitates day-to-day balancing of two cultures in terms o | | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | | 关键词 | Transnationalism; International Migration; Economic Sociology; Asian Immigrants and USA; Research Method | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8542-1 | | isbn_softcover | 978-981-13-8544-5 | | isbn_ebook | 978-981-13-8542-1 | | copyright | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 |
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