Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 11 Issue 2

Critical perspectives on the globally mobile professional and managerial class

Steve McKenna, M.N. Ravishankar, David Weir

– The purpose of this paper is to introduce the papers in the special issue.

Perceived mobility of impact: global elites and the bono effect

Lynne Andersson, Lisa Calvano

This paper aims to examine how the globally mobile elite (GME) uses its capital and networks to create a perception that market-driven solutions to social problems are superior to…

Wall Street women: professional saviors of the global economy

Melissa Fisher

This paper aims to, by drawing on two decades of field work on Wall Street, explore the recent evolution in the gendering of Wall Street, as well as the potential effects �…

Being and becoming a professional accountant in Canada: Mimicry and menace in the transitions of migrant accountants

Kelly Thomson, Joanne Jones

The purpose of this study was to explore how the migration experiences of international accounting professionals were shaped by colonial structures and how, through their…

Making critical sense of discriminatory practices in the Canadian workplace: A case study of Hong Kong Chinese professional immigrants’ experiences, voice and reflection

Rosalie K. Hilde, Albert Mills

This paper aims to report on a preliminary study of how professionally qualified immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada make sense of their experiences, particularly workplace…

Showing them the door (nicely): rejection discourses and practices of a global elite

Francois Goxe, Nathalie Belhoste

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a critical approach of the identification and rejection strategies in discourses and practices of a “global elite” of business…