Abstract
Traditionally, families have transformed their forms to best adapt the members' labor mobility primarily in search of better-paid jobs and other economic opportunities (Lee & Koo, 2006, p. 533). In the current period of heightened globalization, many families migrate to other locations, both domestic and international, in order to confront the changing global environment. Diverse attempts at flexible adaptation have brought many new types of families (Lee & Koo, 2006, p. 533). My research focuses on a new family type where the members of which are separated in two or more locations but remain integral members of the original family, by traveling back and forth between home and host districts (Lee & Koo, 2006, p. 533). "Wild geese families" in Korea and commuter families in the United States represent two types of families coping with transnational and national distances.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
43
Issue
1
First Page
92
Last Page
112
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Yoo, Lena
(2011)
"Wild Geese Families and Commuter Families: Theoretical Considerations of Relational Maintenance of Families in Distance,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 43:
No.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol43/iss1/9
Copyright
©2011 Iowa Communication Association
