WorkersBusters!

There are different considerations regarding the migrant workers and the expatriates. The first ones represent the movement of people from a region to another for employment and economic reasons, and the second one, means a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence. This process demands a high and complex process of integration and socialization of these people in the new society they are entering, being able to adapt in the new circles. Taking this situation as statement, Richard Florida exposed that the expatriates can be seen as the rise of a new Creative Class, which Florida describes as class of workers whose job is to create meaningful new forms. It is composed of scientists and engineers, university professors, poets and architects, and also includes people in design, education, arts, music and entertainment, whose economic function is to create new ideas, new technology and/or creative content; the designs of this group are seen as broadly transferable and useful. Also, another sector of the Creative Class includes positions that are knowledge intensive, these usually require a high degree of formal education, like health professionals and business managers, who are considered part of the sub-group called Creative Professionals and their primary job is to think and create new approaches to problems.

Creativity is becoming more valued in today’s global society, for that, employers see creativity as a channel for self-expression and job satisfaction in their employees. Although, the expatriates need to be managed by doing mentoring and training, being able to handle the socializations’ stress.