According to Giulianotti (2006) globalization typically is defined as the expansion in the scope, velocity, and impacts of international transactions such as trade, investment, migration, and communications. Giulianotti (2006) claims that it is a complex subject that embraces many topics and can be approached from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, but typically globalization entails the increased integration of different societies.
According to Erez (2004) the term globalization emerged in the social sciences in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Globalization refers to a new era of global interdependency. The term globalization was first popularized ...