Rebecca J. Greer

“You’re never going to belong here”: Stigma and acculturation among foreign workers

Foreign (i.e., non-citizen) workers face significant challenges concerning socialization and belonging in the workplace. This research investigates (1) the identity-related challenges of self-initiated expatriate workers and (2) how self-initiated expatriate workers navigate iden...

Ambivalent Multiculturalism in Organizations: The Case of SafeHarbor International

Multiculturalism remains a desirable, yet challenging, dream to realize in the modern workplace. Field research was conducted to investigate multicultural dynamics at a multinational, multilingual organization, headquartered in Japan. This ethnographic case study documents sensem...