Ramboarison-Lalao, Lovanirina <br/><br/>
Understanding expatriation 

 -  2011.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> This article outlines the career trajectories of 34 expatriated Malagasy doctors in France. Using the life story method, this qualitative study applies a developmentalist approach to international careers. The results clearly highlight two standard profiles: firstly, doctors with an interstitial career as a nurse who eventually find occupation in their original profession; secondly, those who definitively turn to the nursing profession. Furthermore, the interviews emphasize the socioeconomic, motivational, and cultural factors that may explain this expatriation.