High-skilled female immigrants: career strategies and experiences

Çolakoğlu, Saba; Yunlu, Dilek G.; Arman, Gamze

doi:10.1108/jgm-10-2017-0039

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“…Treuren, Manoharan and Vishnu (early view), however, have provided some evidence for the differences between skill-discounted migrants and other recently arrived migrants, across all industries and within the hospitality sector. Even less is understood about the different experiences of male and female migrants (Colakoglu et al., 2018; Guo and Al Ariss, 2015; Ressia et al., 2017b). Researchers have suggested that female migrants experience a double disadvantage, that of migrants and as women (Raijman and Semyonov, 1997).…”

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The gendered consequences of skill-discounting for migrants

Treuren

Manoharan²,

Vishnu

2020

Journal of Industrial Relations

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Skill-discounting is the term often used to describe when the knowledge, qualifications and experience of migrants are assessed by employers as being less valuable than those of domestic job seekers. As a result of skill-discounting, migrants usually struggle to obtain employment comparable to their pre-migration job. Using analysis of covariance of the Continuous Survey of Australia’s Migrants dataset of 109,000 migrants collected between 2009 and 2011, this article investigates whether male and female migrants experience skill-discounting differently. We compare the extent, form, processes and outcomes of skill-discounting between male and female self-initiated migrants. Female migrants are less likely to be skill-discounted, are skill-discounted for different reasons, find replacement jobs that require similar skill but lower levels of responsibility and pay considerably less than for their male counterparts, and report marginally greater job satisfaction. This article contributes to the migration literature by identifying the gendered effects of the skill-discounting of migrant expertise. It also contributes to the public policy literature by making a series of recommendations to minimise skill-discounting.

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The gendered consequences of skill-discounting for migrants

Treuren

Manoharan²,

Vishnu

2020

Journal of Industrial Relations

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“…The professional experiences and credentials of refugees are often unrecognized, challenged, and even discredited within host countries (Global Education Monitoring Report Team, 2018;Ratković, 2011Ratković, , 2013. Even when professional experiences and credentials are recognized, expectations for field-related work experiences within the host country serve as additional barriers to the attainment of meaningful employment (Colakoglu et al, 2018). Moreover, female immigrants are more likely to face unemployment or underemployment than male immigrants (Al Ariss, 2010;van den Bergh & Du Plessis, 2012).…”

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Reflections on Migration, Resilience, and Graduate Education

Obradović-Ratković

Woloshyn

Sethi

2020

JCIHE

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In response to the refugee crisis, it is important to invest in and support refugee education especially at the tertiary level. As displaced individuals rebuild their life upon resettlement, education opportunities are vital to equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to gain meaningful employment, especially since displacement often puts refugee’s education and careers on hold. Displaced girls and women, who might be unaccompanied, pregnant, or disabled, are especially vulnerable in the process of forced migration, education, and resettlement. In this chapter, we explore our personal and pedagogical narratives of migration and resilience as they relate to learning, teaching and mentoring in graduate education. Consistent with the principles of reflexive ethnography and cultural humility, we examine our experiences, beliefs, and cultural identities using semi-structured reflective processes to share and deconstruct our individual and familial experiences as displaced persons, graduate students, instructors, and mentors in the era of heightened economic and political uncertainty, global environmental crises, and the worldwide forced displacement of people. We highlight the importance of honouring the strengths and capacities of female graduate students with refugee backgrounds while creating safe spaces for listening to the women’s learning needs and desires. Finally, we discuss our engagements in labour intensive and time consuming mentorship that afforded academic coaching, skill training, and professional capacity building while supporting women’s sense of agency and socialization into academia and Canada.

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“…Several studies have found that the small reward for high-skilled migrants in remunerated employment explains why they choose self-employment to obtain higher income (Davidsson and Honig 2003;Constant and Zimmermann 2006). It also explains why only some migrants accept overqualified positions until they can save enough money to develop an entrepreneurial initiative (Paulson and Townsend 2004;Colakoglu et al 2018). Under this assumption, skilled migrants face auto-selection due to labour market conditions in the host country (e.g., work permits, recognition/ accreditation of diplomas, protective laws for locals, etc.…”

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Are migrants in/from emerging economies more entrepreneurial than natives?

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The academic debate in migrant entrepreneurship has mainly focused on movements from emerging economies into developed economies. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that the highest impact is generated by migrants in/from emerging economies. To extend this academic discussion in the Latin-American context, this study investigates why migrants are more entrepreneurial than natives. By adopting the human capital and the institutional approach, we theorize that individual and environmental conditions produce selection/discrimination effects in the host labour market. Consequently, these effects influence migrants’ decision to become entrepreneurs. We tested our hypotheses using a sample of 13,368 adults between the ages of 18–64 based across the 16 Chilean regions. Our results showed that being a high-skilled migrant in a dynamic emerging economy is not a guarantee of success in the labour market, but it is a determinant of international and necessity-driven entrepreneurship. Several implications and a provocative discussion emerged from these findings.

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High-skilled female immigrants: career strategies and experiences

Cited by 28 publications

References 76 publications

The gendered consequences of skill-discounting for migrants

The gendered consequences of skill-discounting for migrants

Reflections on Migration, Resilience, and Graduate Education

Are migrants in/from emerging economies more entrepreneurial than natives?

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