ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the ways in which expatriates negotiations of their new migrant identities occur in place: through the particular places and spaces of their work organizations. It analyses the exploration of the how of whiteness by giving attention to the ways in which space and place are integral to the production and performance of white skilled migrant identities. Expatriates make strategic use of the spaces of the globe in their work practices. They continue to use travel and migration as a resource in the building of their careers and work identities, despite improvements in information technology and high cost. Similarly, employees of multi-national corporations will change firms and workplaces across borders as an important way of accumulating the social, organizational and geographic capital necessary for a successful career. In contrast to the 'white space' of the staffroom, the teaching and student-based social spaces of the school are more hybrid in appearance.
