- Title
- Work-life balance among self-initiated academic expatriates: An explanatory study of academics at the University of Fort Hare
- Creator
- Harry, Tinashe Timothy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-6883
- Subject
- Work-life balance
- Date
- 2015-05
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/25404
- Identifier
- vital:64236
- Description
- This research investigated how self-initiated academic expatriates managed their work-life balance while in a foreign country. As many people are now self-initiating their career movement from one country to another, there is a need to understand how the self-initiated academic expatriates are managing the balance between work lives and personal lives. The research discussed and made use of a narrative and story-telling method in understanding the experiences of self-initiated academic expatriates. In order to generate knowledge specific to the local African context as most studies were conducted outside of Africa, narrative and story-telling method was seen as most suitable. A total of 25 participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The use of narrative inquiry in understanding the experiences of self-initiated academic expatriates who are based in South Africa will be illustrated in this research, with the implications of this being explored. The narratives of participants revealed four main themes. First, the participants narrated on the motivations to expatriate, why they chose South Africa as a destination will be discussed. Second, pathway into academia, how the participants ended up joining the academics profession will be presented in this thesis. Third, work and non-work related challenges being faced by the self-initiated academic expatriates are presented. Fourth, the way in which the participants worked around the challenges referred to as individual resourcing capability is presented. Solutions to the challenges highlights how individuals take action in response to their circumstances in aiding their self-development. Based on the findings from this study Self-initiated Expatriates-Individual Resourcing Capability Framework (SIE-IRC) is proposed.
- Description
- Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2015
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (127 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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