Abstract

© The Author(s) 2020. This qualitative study conducted three focus groups with transnational social workers (TSWs) in three cities of Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of the study was to examine the transitional experience of TSWs, particularly in relation to any strategies and mechanisms existing in the host country to facilitate their personal and professional transition. A significant finding is that a coherent profession-wide programme for facilitating the transition is absent as the existing practices are mostly within the employer–employee relationships. Transitional experiences of TSWs are explained using the metaphor of ‘territory’ and some strategies for effective transition are suggested.

RAS ID

32181

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

9-15-2022

ISSN

00208728

School

School of Arts and Humanities

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Publisher

SAGE

Comments

This is an author's accepted manuscript of: Peter, S., Beddoe, L., & Bartley, A. (2022). Navigating the territories of transition: An exploration of the experiences of transnational social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Social Work, 65(5) 856-869. SAGE. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820956261

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10.1177/0020872820956261