Malaysian homestays from the perspective of young Japanese tourists: the quest for furusato by Hamzah, Amran

“…The evolution of the homestay programme in Malaysia can be traced back to the early 1970s at the then ‘drifter enclave’ of Kampung Cherating Lama in Pahang, when a local lady by the name of Mak Long Teh took in long-staying ‘drifters’ and provided breakfast, dinner and a space to sleep within her humble kampung(Malay village) home (Hamzah, 1997). …”
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Women Expatriates: A Research History by Shortland, Susan

“…Adler’s seminal work and how her three key ‘myths’ (relating to supply and demand, namely that women do not want international careers, organizational reluctance to send women abroad and presumed lack of host country acceptance of women expatriates) provide explanations for their minimal expatriate representation (just 3 per cent in the early 1980s) and set the scene for over three decades of female expatriate research. …”
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