A Critical Analysis of Employing Immigrant Workers in Australia

Abstract

Abstract-Despite the ongoing consideration of the cross cultural management, little research has been conducted on the specific context. This paper will focus on the immigrant worker who holding 457visas in Australia. Under this context, filling job vacancies and saving the training costs of company could be the obvious benefits for employing immigrant workers. However, it is also important for the HRM research to pointing out the risk of FIFO. FIFO becomes a barrier for establishing work and family relationships. Furthermore, cultural diversity is controversial problem for employing immigrant workers. Lastly, this paper provides few recommendations for risk management of employing immigrant workers.