Books & Book Chapters

Integrating migration issues into business and management education across all university levels, including executive MBAs, is among the core tenets of Migration, Business & Society. See our call-for-action articles, Addressing the Elephant in the Room (published in Academy of Management Learning & Education, also available as a podcast interview on Cloudreachers) and Business Schools Should Teach Migration Workforce Management (published by the Network for Business Sustainability).

The books and book chapters below, authored or edited by members of the Migration, Business & Society community, may serve as teaching resources for university-level courses. Some of the edited books include contributions from multiple MBS members. Scroll down to view and click on the cover images to access their table of contents.

2024

[Book] Alberti, G., & Sacchetto, D. (2024). The Politics of Migrant Labour: Exit, Voice, and Social Reproduction (1st ed.). Bristol University Press.
[Encyclopedia entry] Hajro, A., & Žilinskaitė, M. Migrants and Migration. (2024). In Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management, (pp. 285-288). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

2023

[Book] Mockaitis, A. (2023). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business. Palgrave Macmillan.
[Chapter] Aigner, P., & Bešić, A. (2023). Left to Their Own Devices: Refugees’ Labour-Market Integration Challenges in Austria during the Covid-19 Pandemic. In Anxieties of Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times (pp. 77-93). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
[Chapter] Bešić, A., & Ortlieb, R. (2023). Integrating Recent Refugees into the Labour Market: The Action Net in Austria. In Organising Immigrants' Integration: Practices and Consequences in Labour Markets and Societies (pp. 155-168). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

[Chapter] Kazlou, A., & Wennberg, K. (2023). Skill requirements and employment of immigrants in Swedish hospitality. In: Lerpold, L., Sjöberg, Ö., & Wennberg, K., Migration and Integration in a Post-Pandemic World: Socioeconomic Opportunities and Challenges (pp. 263-290). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
[Chapter] Osanami Törngren, S., Irastorza, N., & Kazlou, A. (2023). Model minority and honorary White? Structural and individual accounts on being Asian in Sweden. In: Lerpold, L., Sjöberg, Ö., & Wennberg, K., Migration and Integration in a Post-Pandemic World: Socioeconomic Opportunities and Challenges (pp. 315-342). Springer International Publishing.
[Book] Steers, R. M., Osland, J. S., & Szkudlarek, B. (2023). Managing Across Cultures.Challenges, Strategies, and Skills, 5th ed. Cambridge UP.
[Book] Sternberg, R., Elo, M., Levie, J., & Amorós, J. E. (Eds.). (2023). Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing.

2022

[Chapter] Andresen, M., Anger, S., Al Ariss, A., Barzantny, C., Brücker, H., Dickmann, M., Mäkelä, L., Muhr, S. L., Saalfeld, T., Suutari, V., & Zølner, M. (Eds.) (2022). Wanderlust to wonderland? Exploring key issues in expatriate careers: Individual, organizational, and societal insights. In M. Andresen & J. Volmer (Book SeriesEds.), Human Resource Management and Work and Organisational Psychology (Vol. 2). University of Bamberg.
[Book] Nardon, L., and Hari, A. (2022). Making Sense of Immigrant Work Integration: An Organizing Framework. Palgrave Macmillan. [Open Access]
[Chapter] Elo, M., Ivanova-Gongne, M., & Kothari, T. (2022). Language diversity: Multi-ethnic migrant and diaspora resources for international business and entrepreneurship. In M. Latukha (Ed.), Diversity in Action: Managing Diverse Talent in Global Economies (pp. 123-150). Emerald Group Publishing.

2021

[Book] Betts, A. (2021). The Wealth of Refugees. How Displaced People Can Build Economies. Oxford University Press.
[Book] Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė, V., Liubinienė, V., Žičkutė, I., Duobienė, J., Mockaitis, A. I., & Mihi-Ramirez, A. (2021). Migration Culture: A Comparative Perspective [monograph]. Springer Nature.
[Chapter] Lee, E. S., Roy, P. A., & Szkudlarek, B. (2021). Integrating refugees into the workplace–A collaborative approach. Intercultural Management in Practice (pp. 121-129). Emerald Publishing Limited.
[Book] Moore, F. (2021). Global Taiwanese: Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World. University of Toronto Press.
[Chapter] Schmitz, M., & Cosman, H. G. (2021). Sustainable Development and Chinese “Domestic” Migrant Workers – A Policy Perspective. In F. Weder, L. Krainer, & M. Karmasin (Eds.), The Sustainability Communication Reader: A Reflective Compendium (pp. 543–566). Springer.
[Edited volume] Zhang, L. E. (2021). Spouses of the World: Bullet Dodging Behind Diplomatic Glamour. Sabrestorm Stories Ltd.

2020

[Edited volume] Andresen, M., Brewster, C., & Suutari, V., Eds. (2020). Self-Initiated Expatriates in Context: Recognizing Space, Time, and Institutions. Routledge.
[Edited volume] Bretones, F. D. & Santos, A., Eds. (2020). Health, Safety and Wellbeing of Migrant Workers: New hazards, New Workers. Springer Nature.
[Chapter] Lee, E., Nguyen, D., & Szkudlarek, B. (2020). Global migration and cross-cultural management: Understanding the past, moving towards the future. In B. Szkudlarek, D. V. Caprar, J. S. Osland, and L. Romani (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of contemporary cross-cultural management (pp. 409-423). Sage Publications.
[Edited volume] Mosquera, S., & Jardim da Palma, P., Eds. (2020). Multidisciplinary Approach to Entrepreneurship Education for Migrants. IGI Global.
[Book] Van den Broek, D., & Groutsis, D. (2020). Women, Work and Migration. Nursing in Australia. Routledge.
[Chapter] Zilinskaite, M., & Hajro, A. (2020). Responsible Global Migrant Workforce Management Leadership Challenges and Opportunities. In M. Mendenhall, M. Zilinskaite, G. K. Stahl, & R. Clapp-Smith eds., Responsible Global Leadership. Dilemmas, Paradoxes, and Opportunities (pp. 101–119). Routledge.

2019

[Edited volume] Elo, M., & Minto-Coy, I. (2019). Diaspora Networks in International Business. Springer.
[Chapter] Mosquera, S., & Jardim, P. (2019). Entrepreneurial Education for Immigrants a Tool for Local Development. In L. C. Carvalho & A. D. Daniel eds., Global Considerations in Entrepreneurship Education and Training (pp. 18–40). IGI Global.
[Chapter] Schmitz, M. A., & Toh, S. M. (2019). Policy issues in careers: the case of internal migration in China. In H. Gunz, M. Lazarova, & W. Mayrhofer (Eds.), Routledge companions in business, management and accounting. The Routledge Companion to Career Studies (pp. 382–399). Routledge

2018

[Book] Kerr, W. R. (2018). The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society. Stanford Business Books.
[Edited volume] Hanson, G. H., W. R. Kerr, & S. Turner, Eds. (2018). High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences. University of Chicago Press.
[Book] Puffer, S. M., D. J. McCarthy, & D. M. Satinsky. (2018). Hammer and Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the Us Innovation Economy – Immigration, Innovation, Institutions, Imprinting, and Identity. Cambridge University Press.

2017

[Book] Betts, A. & Collier, P. (2017). Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System. Allen Lane.
[Book] Zhang, L.E., Harzing, A. & Fan, S.X. (2017). Managing Expatriates in China. A Language and Identity Perspective. Springer.

*The publications listed on this page are independent academic works authored by researchers under their respective university affiliations. Migration, Business & Society did not commission, fund, or peer-review these articles. All works are cited for informational, educational, and bibliographic purposes only.