Global cosmopolitans the creative edge of difference / [electronic resource] :

• 作者： Brimm, Linda.
• 其他作者：
  • Palgrave Connect (Online service)
• 其他題名：
  • INSEAD business press.
• 出版： Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• 叢書名： INSEAD Business Press series
• 主題： Leadership--Case studies. , Globalization--Case studies. , Case studies. , Globalization , Leadership , Business , Social Science. , Electronic books.
• ISBN： 9780230289796 (electronic bk.) 、 0230289797 (electronic bk.)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index. Part I Global Cosmopolitans: Meeting the Masters of Complexity -- Introducing Global Cosmopolitans -- Inside the New Global Cosmopolitan Generation -- Learning from a Global Life: Developing the Creative Edge of Difference -- Part II The Invisible journey: The Roots of Strength and Resilience -- Life Challenges and the Road to Identity -- Relationship Challenges: Invisibles Rules, Silent Voices -- Relationship Challenges: Connection and Disconnection -- Part III The Invisible Journey: New Pathways to Growth -- Paradoxical Needs: Finding the Roots of Challenges -- Two-Edged Swords of Mobility: When Strengths Create New Challenges -- Part IV Moving Forward: Bringing the Invisible Journey out of the Dark -- Moving Forward: A Portrait of Two Crucial Decades -- Global cosmopolitans: Unlocking the power of Stories -- The Global Cosmopolitan Workbook.
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• 摘要註: In a world where national boundaries have become permeable through the opportunities for international careers and personal travel, a new breed of individual has emerged who both reflects this change and promises to be the key player in the next stages of globalization. This is the 'Global Cosmopolitan', a featured actor in this emerging drama who has lived in different countries, learnt to speak multiple languages and acquired an ease of moving to new situations. However, being a Global Cosmopolitan can also result in increasingly complex issues of personal identity. New and complicated questions such as 'Who am I?' and 'Where is my home?' are hidden under more easily discussed topics such as languages spoken, countries visited and passports obtained. This exciting new book by Linda Brimm affords a unique view into the world and experience of Global Cosmopolitans. On the basis of on her extensive work as a teacher and psychologist working with these individuals, she has combined their fascinating stories, told in their own voices, with a variety of useful concepts for understanding their unique experience. The frameworks and exercises contained in the book are also a useful approach for anyone experiencing the excitement and anxieties of change in life conditions and personal identity. "As globalization creates the need for leaders who transcend national borders, this book provides an insider's view of what makes them special. This is the first book to present a framework for understanding this fast-growing and influential group and it provides tools for readers to discover their own inner competitive edge"--
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