My research has been focusing on international Human Resource Management, and particularly expatriates. With my PhD research In Touch with the Dutch my interest in expatriate-host country national interactions started, a topic I have pursued since with several publications, and about which I have written a practitioner-oriented book. Breaking out of the Expat Bubble will come out on the 5th of February 2024! Please find below a list of my publications, with summary blog posts and links to the articles, as well as links to other current and past research projects.
Are you interested in reading an article but you don’t have access? Then please send me an e-mail at msvb[at]sdu.dk and I can send you an individual copy. Enjoy the read!
How to make friends with Danes
Expats find Denmark one of the most difficult countries to make local friends, as is shown in the annual survey of InterNations, the global network…
Broadening international mentoring: involving host country nationals
Mentoring is a key HR practice to increase knowledge transfer and can guide the individual professional development of expats and host country nationals (HCNs), and,…
How do expats get the social support they need?
When expats1 move abroad, they leave behind a large part of their social network. They must create new social connections to make sure they get…
Intercultural competence in European international management
Following up on my previous blog about intercultural competence, I now would like to highlight some recent research that has been published on the topic…