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dc.contributor.authorSwarts, Christoffer M. J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T09:47:25Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T09:47:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.otheroai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:1439096
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/43921
dc.description.abstractThe present study explores how football migrants (foreign professional football / soccer players) perceive the adaptation process in Finland. Globalization and legislation have made it easier for football players to work abroad. The amount of football migrants in Finland is increasing each year. The internationalization of Finnish football requires study. Successful adaptation has a positive outcome on a migrant, which will increase the chances of personal, and thus in the case of football, team success. This thesis is a qualitative study of five football migrants, who are interviewed based on thematic, semi structured face-to-face conversations in Finland. The following research questions for this study are used to get insight in the adaptation process of football migrants: (1) how do football migrants feel about the possibilities in Finland to fulfil their dreams and ambitions?; (2) What are the impressions of their adaptation process in Finland?; (3) What are the football migrant’s perceptions of their own intercultural communication skills?; And, (4) how internationally orientated are Finnish football organizations, according to football migrants? The key finding of this study is that football migrants have a hard time adapting to Finland through professional football: local football clubs are not ready to work with foreigners in order to achieve full potential. In addition, there are too many differences between the Finnish communication style and the one of the football migrant, which causes frictions on the football pitch. Although Finnish football has become more international during the last years, there is a lack of focus on intercultural communication competence.en
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subject.otherIntercultural Communication
dc.subject.otherIntercultural Communication Competence
dc.subject.otherAdaptation
dc.subject.otherAcculturation
dc.subject.otherMigration
dc.subject.otherSports
dc.subject.otherFootball
dc.subject.otherSoccer
dc.subject.otherOrganizational culture
dc.titleAdapting to Finland through professional football : perceptions of players and coaches
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201407312276
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu -tutkielmafi
dc.type.ontasotMaster’s thesisen
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaHumanistinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Humanitiesen
dc.contributor.laitosViestintätieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Communicationen
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.oppiainekulttuurienvälinen viestintäfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineMaster's Degree Programme in Intercultural Communicationen
dc.date.updated2014-07-31T09:47:26Z
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dc.contributor.oppiainekoodi3134
dc.subject.ysoammattiurheilu
dc.subject.ysojalkapalloilijat
dc.subject.ysoakkulturaatio
dc.subject.ysosopeutuminen
dc.subject.ysoSuomi
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