Category: Generations

Culture, Emigration, Generations, immigration, Migration, Research, Uncategorized

Diaspora & Cultural Identity

I surveyed over 1,100 Lithuanian migrants worldwide expecting to find cultures drifting apart across generations. What we found was more surprising. The story we usually tell about diaspora goes something like this: a people displaced from their homeland carry its culture with them, transmit it to their children, and over generations it slowly fades as they assimilate into their host countries. The Lithuanian diaspora, consisting … Continue reading Diaspora & Cultural Identity

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cross-cultural management, Culture, Emigration, Generations, International business, Migration, publications, Research, Uncategorized, VALUEHOST

Understanding Openness to Change among Lithuanian Generations

VALUEHOST is a three-year research project funded by the Lithuanian Research Council. We explore changing Lithuanian values, with a focus on emigrants and their experiences in their host countries. In this post, I introduce some interesting findings from one of our studies on changing values at home. We have analyzed data between the years 2010-2020, from the European Social Survey database on individuals’ values. In … Continue reading Understanding Openness to Change among Lithuanian Generations

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Burnout, COVID, Generations, Leadership, Remote work, Research, Uncategorized, Wellbeing

Coping during the Pandemic: What a Difference a Generation Makes!

Audra I. Mockaitis (School of Business, Maynooth University) Christina L. Butler (Kingston University Business School) We present results from the first of a multi-part study that aims to gauge the extent that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to people’s work-related and general wellbeing, and whether individuals with certain characteristics are better able to cope with these disruptions. We examine whether different generations are experiencing and … Continue reading Coping during the Pandemic: What a Difference a Generation Makes!

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