Research Handbook of Global Families

Edited by Yvonne Kallane, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Australia, Joanne Mutter, Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland Business School and Heidi Collins, School of Graduate Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Contents:

Foreword xvii
Ruth Van Reken
1 Global families: an evolving concept 1
Yvonne Kallane, Joanne Mutter and Heidi Collins

PART I EXPATRIATE FAMILIES
2 Expatriate families: historic development of the research field
and future outlook 29
Jan Selmer and Sebastian Stoermer
3 Adjustment of expatriate families: a holistic approach 46
Arno Haslberger and Thomas Hippler
4 The trailing spouse: an evolving global phenomenon 72
Yvonne Kallane and Betty Jane Punnett
5 Dual-career expatriation: definitions and concepts 126
Joanne Mutter and Yvonne Kallane

PART II MIGRANT FAMILIES
6 African female migrants, family-planning decision-making
and work–family balance: the influence of culture and religion 162
Lovanirina Ramboarison-Lalao, Allane Madanamoothoo, Jean-Luc
Cerdin and Chris Brewster
7 Migrants and transnational family life in South America:
between new families and old practices 183
Roberto Rodolfo Georg Uebel

PART III MOBILITY COMMUNITIES
8 Missionary families: a case study of expatriation in the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 204
Charles Vance, Mark E. Mendenhall and Fred E. Woods
9 Expatriate children: lessons learned from missionary kids (MKs) 232
Cheryl Doss and Braam Oberholster
10 Global families in transnational education 260
Jodie Trembath
11 Global families in sport: the case of the international yachting
fraternity 281
Joanne Mutter

PART IV EMERGING FORMS OF GLOBAL FAMILY MOBILITY
12 Global rainbow families 304
Varina Michaels and Georg Tamm
13 Split family expatriation: perspectives from expatriates and
their career spouses 329
Kate Hutchings and Yvonne Kallane
14 Long-distance commuting ‘FIFO’ families: the work–family interface 358
Libby Brook and Graeme Ditchburn

Index