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The global chameleons: the impact of early life international exposure on the career capital of adult third culture kids

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  • Mireka Caselius
  • Vesa Suutari

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Purpose - The purpose of the present study is to explore the effects of early life international exposure on the career capital (CC) of adult third culture kids (ATCKs). Design/methodology/approach - The study adopts a qualitative research design based on 34 semi-structured interviews with ATCKs who have had international exposure in their childhood as members of an expatriate family. Findings - The results show that a globally mobile childhood has extensive long-term impacts on ATCKs' CC in the areas of knowing-why, knowing-how and knowing-whom. Additionally, their early international experience also had several negative impacts across these aspects of CC. Originality/value - This paper provides a novel understanding of the long-term impacts of early life international exposure on ATCKs' CC, and this paper is the first study to use the CC framework among an ATCK population.

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  • Mireka Caselius & Vesa Suutari, 2023. "The global chameleons: the impact of early life international exposure on the career capital of adult third culture kids," Journal of Global Mobility, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 11(4), pages 530-553, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jgmpps:jgm-03-2023-0021
    DOI: 10.1108/JGM-03-2023-0021
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