Dashed hopes or delayed met expectations? Skilled migrant women’s qualification-matched employment
Phyllis Tharenou
Abstract:PurposeSkilled migrant (SM) women play a key role in developed countries especially in healthcare and education in easing staffing shortages and migrate expecting to gain qualification-matched employment (QME). The aim of this review is to assess whether SM women gain the anticipated QME, equitably compared to their skilled counterparts and to examine why and how they do so.Design/methodology/approachI conducted a systematic literature review to derive empirical studies to assess if, why and how SM women achie… Show more
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