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

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

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business

I have recently published a new book. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business (Audra I. Mockaitis, Ed.) presents novel research on various migration issues in the field of international business. The anthology contains 24 chapters, organized on five key themes representing perspectives and challenges borne by global migration within societies, firms, and individuals. Collectively, the authors examine global migration via the international … Continue reading The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business

Migration Culture: A Comparative Perspective

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. Continue reading Migration Culture: A Comparative Perspective