Mediating the global expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu - Hindman, Heather; ebrary, Inc. (Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013)
Introduction : expatria in Nepal -- Conjunctures of mediations : the historical logics of expatriate Nepal -- Families that fail : the mechanisms and labor of productivity -- Market basket economics : the practice of paperwork and shopping like an expatriate -- The protean expatriate : flexibility and the modern worker -- Saving business from culture : cross-cultural training and multicultural performances -- Living in expatria : institutions and the mobile community -- Conclusion : Kathmandu's twenty-first-century expatria.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Foreign workers -- Nepal -- Kathmandu -- Social life and customs; Professional employees -- Nepal -- Kathmandu -- Social life and customs; International agencies -- Officials and employees -- Nepal -- Kathmandu; International business enterprises -- Nepal -- Kathmandu -- Employees; Labor and globalization -- Nepal -- Kathmandu; Culture and globalization -- Nepal -- Kathmandu; Electronic books