Tomozeiu, D. 2020. Lifestyle migrants and intercultural communication in Swedish villages. in: Lundmark, L., Carson, D.B. and Eimermann, M. (ed.) Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Travelling in Sparsely Populated Areas Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 107-132
| Chapter title | Lifestyle migrants and intercultural communication in Swedish villages |
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| Authors | Tomozeiu, D. |
| Editors | Lundmark, L., Carson, D.B. and Eimermann, M. |
| Abstract | A common assumption is that European lifestyle migrants integrate rather easily into Swedish villages because they are more culturally proximate to Swedish people. To nuance this myth, the authors combine insights from lifestyle migration studies in Swedish villages with intercultural communication models. Taking into account six dimensions of national culture and acculturation theory, this chapter discusses challenges and difficulties for incoming European lifestyle migrants and local Swedish villagers when they attempt to live and work together. In addition to individual people, and the local authorities, family structure and family dynamics, the existence of a local diaspora from the home country, as well as the attitude of the local Swedish community at an interpersonal level, all play a determining role in the final acculturation outcome. |
| Keywords | intercultural communication |
| lifestyle migration | |
| Book title | Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Travelling in Sparsely Populated Areas |
| Page range | 107-132 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | Dec 2020 |
| ISBN | 9789811566226 |
| 9789811566233 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6623-3_7 |