(Im)migrants’ appropriation of culture: Reciprocal influence of personal and work contexts
基于南亚侨民在英巴两国的食品消费数据，提出本质主义与边界跨越两种文化适应取向，分析个人与工作情境如何相互影响移民的文化挪用。
Increasing internationalisation in organisations demands further research on acculturation within international business (IB). Based on triangulated qualitative data on South Asian diasporas’ food consumption in the UK and Bahraini contexts, we introduce two acculturative orientations: essentialism and boundary spanning. We contribute to literature by linking acculturative orientations with relevant drivers and resulting adoption and adaptation of cultures to offer a new perspective towards analysing (im)migrants’ appropriation of culture in personal and work settings. We push the boundary of IB research by highlighting and enriching the understanding of, and reciprocity between, social and occupational contexts that shape (im)migrants’ acculturation.