Comfort, Venise2015-07-062015-07-061999http://hdl.handle.net/10179/6828This thesis investigates the domestic and social lives of expatriate women in the Cook Islands and New Zealand, using in-depth interviews and a feminist analysis of their social role. The study centres on the career interruption experiences of contemporary expatriate women from a perspective that understands this decision within the context of power, gender, and marriage. In addition, the thesis focuses on gender-specific cross-cultural adaptation and transition concerns. In doing so, the study highlights the role of domestic social networks both as a form of resistance to and a reinforcement of gender-assigned domestic labour. The thesis also includes a historical analysis of colonial expatriate women in the South Pacific. Using a qualitative methodology, the research also investigates key aspects of expatriate women's experience including leisure, work, and the family.enThe AuthorEmployee relocationWork and familyCross-cultural orientationExpatriate womenExpatriate wivesGender rolesThesisQ112849303https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112849303