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Marian van Bakel
@Msvanbakel
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Interculturalist | Researcher | Bridging theory and practice | International HRM | Global mobility | Expatriates | Host country nationals | Intercultural communication | Intercultural competence | Mentoring | Sustainability | Healthcare | Technology
This is an interesting angle - and something I have also been seeing in the Fix the News newsletter I get, which features continuously stories about the amount of clean energy that is produced and how that accelerates all the time. “The global economy is decoupling from fossil energy” so there is some good news too :)
https://marklynas.substack.com/p/to-help-the-climate-we-need-to-get
Expatriates are the focus of much research in global mobility because they are often strategically important and costly. But what about the host country nationals (HCNs) they work with? Despite decades-old calls for more attention to HCNs, they continue to be treated as back-stage actors in global mobility.
Read more in this blog about the article I published with Snejina Michailova and Anthony Fee: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jgm/jgm-bitblog-working-expatriates-hcn-point-view
The JGM BitBlog: Working with expatriates - The HCN point of view
Anthony Fee, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaSnejina Michailova, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandMarian van Bakel, Technical University of Denmark, Ballerup, DenmarkExpatriates are the focus of much research in global mobility because they are often strategically important and costly. But what about the host country nationals (HCNs) they work with?Important stakeholders, yet often neglected
Ever heard of 'boomerasking'? Nothing to do with babyboomers, but with the fact that many people ask a #question just to be able to talk about their own experiences. And it's something that happens easily - really #listening to the other is not so easy! What is your experience?
or in #danish https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2026-02-02-hun-troede-hun-var-en-god-leder-men-saa-fik-hun-oejnene-op-for-boomer-asking
Next week my new course is starting, and one of the things I want to do, is show how important #context is for when you manage people. One aspect is #culture. What works well in one culture, is not the way to do it in another. This week I had a fun talk with a Lebanese interviewee for my #research, and he commented on the less formal dress code here in Denmark - we were both sitting there in the Teams meeting in our hoodies :) Do you have any examples of how culture influences the workplace? #HR
Andrea Junker 
Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz.
It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.
It started with intolerance and hate speech.
It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.
Remember.
Even though we know that #mentoring works and is a great way to #develop future organisational leaders, many #organisations are not using it fully for (all) their #expatriates. This newly published book chapter reviews the role of mentoring in developing expatriates, with unique challenges such as #cultural differences, #language barriers, and geographical distance.
https://www.intersango.dk/how-can-we-develop-expats-through-mentoring/
The University of Southern Denmark is developing its own cloud platform for teaching, open source. It reminds me to continue my journey of getting more ‘European’ with regard to the #tech I use. I am now figuring out #protonmail and Proton Drive, as alternative for #dropbox.
Syddansk Universitet dropper Azure og AWS: Bygger egen 'softwarefabrik' til undervisning i avanceret it
“Formålet er, at vi kan undervise i et miljø, der ligner de kommercielle platforme meget, uden at vi skal være nervøse for, at man pludselig får en regning på flere tusinde kroner," siger Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard fra SDU, der står i spidsen for det nye initiativ.
Randahl FinkDo we want to work for Google for free?
I feared this day was coming — this is the first site I see closing down, because Google has stolen their content.
The owners of this cycling inspiration site asks: What is the reason to continue creating content, when Google just steals it and serves it as AI answers to keep all the traffic to itself?
It seems our EU politicians are soundly asleep at the bike handlebar.
https://www.holland-cycling.com/blog/321-holland-cycling-com-stops-in-2026
Via @saarmuller.
