Diana Farcas

• Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inductively develop a model of cross-cultural adaptation for emerging adult self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 Portuguese emerging adult SIEs, aged between 18 and 29 years, residing in the UK from 5 months to 2 years...

This review examines how well children of immigrants in Europe are doing in terms of educational, psychological, and behavioral outcomes. Based on theory and research in developmental, social and acculturation psychology fields, we explore the immigrant paradox (e.g., first-generation immigrant children show better adaptation in comparison to their...

In Europe, there are four main active labour market programs: training, job search assistance, wage subsidies and subsidized public sector employment. Literature indicates that among all four, job search assistance, which includes mentoring, is the active employment policy with the most positive results. This paper, an output of an European funded...

This paper reports on a study conducted as part of an action-research project—INTEGRA I&E—aiming to promote the research and teaching (R&T) nexus at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of a Research University in Lisbon, Portugal (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISCTE-IUL). This study set out to investigate a multi-informant perspective...

Only in recent years have immigrant workers, assigned expatriates, and self-initiated expatriates been distinguished from each other. This study contributes by offering empirically based comparative results based on interviews with 50 Portuguese citizens who moved to the United Kingdom, as self-initiated expatriates, assigned expatriates, and immig...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a programme developed and tested in Portugal under this new paradigm where young adults (18-30) and old adults (over 65) learn research skills together. Design/methodology/approach The structure of the learning experience consists in a six-month training course for lay people in research skills in...

Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) were initially described by Inkson et al. (J World Bus 32:351–368, 1997) as individuals who move abroad on their own volition, with personal funding, oriented towards development and career goals. After almost two decades of research, it is imperative to review the knowledge that has been developed and identify fut...

The evaluation of the people's perception of family is fundamental to understanding the degree to which young people are satisfied with this social institution, and in Portugal there is no scale with this function. The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric similarities of the initial set of 136 items that was used in the construc...

The evaluation of the people’s perception of family is fundamental to understanding the degree to which young people are satisfied with this social institution, and in Portugal there is no scale with this function. The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric similarities of the initial set of 136 items that was used in the construc...

The present study intended to explore the phenomenon of homophobic bullying in Portugal, concerning its prevalence, consequences and ways of aggression. Through an online questionnaire, distributed to the local core network of the ex aequo association, and completed by 184 students, it was found that the school grounds is a main location for the oc...

Self-report methodologies, in particular written self-repport questionnaires, have been the primary method of data collection of clinicians’ competencies in working with individually and culturally different clients (Worthington, et al, 2000; Constantine & Ladany, 2001; D’Andrea, Daniels & Noonam, 2003; Ponterotto & Potere, 2003; Hays, 2008). Despi...