Neither Temporary, Nor Permanent: The Precarious Employment Experiences of Refugee Claimants in Canada

Jackson, Samantha; Bauder, Harald

doi:10.1093/jrs/fet048

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“…2011). For example, support organizations can offer internal employment and volunteering opportunities (Abdelkerim and Grace 2012; Tomlinson 2010) to provide refugees with valuable local experience and ‘[reconstruct] identity and [foster] a sense of belonging’ (Jackson and Bauder 2013, p. 375). In relation to volunteerism, however, research points to contradictory outcomes.…”

Section: Organizational‐level Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Lee

Szkudlarek

Nguyen

et al. 2020

Int J Management Reviews

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Increasing levels of displacement and the need to integrate refugees in the workforce pose new challenges to organizations and societies. Extant research on refugee employment and workforce integration currently resides across various disconnected disciplines, posing a significant challenge for management scholars to contribute to timely and relevant solutions. In this paper, we endeavour to address this challenge by reviewing and synthesizing multidisciplinary literature on refugee employment and workforce integration. Using a relational framework, we organize our findings around three levels of analysis -institutional, organizational and individual -to outline the complexity of factors affecting refugees' employment outcomes. Based on our analysis, we introduce and elaborate on the phenomenon of the canvas ceiling -a systemic, multilevel barrier to refugee workforce integration and professional advancement. The primary contributions of this paper are twofold. First, we map and integrate the multidisciplinary findings on the challenges of refugee workforce integration. Second, we provide management scholarship with a future research agenda to address the knowledge gap identified in this review and advance practical developments in this domain.

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Section: Organizational‐level Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Lee

Szkudlarek

Nguyen

et al. 2020

Int J Management Reviews

111

126

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“…It is thus important to take these elements into consideration when discussing the development of -or changes to -the entrepreneurial intentions of newly-arrived refugees (Obschonka et al, 2018). If "refugeeness" is "understood as an ongoing, constitutive process of becoming a refugee, with each 'refugee experience' building on the previous and shaping the next" (Jackson and Bauder, 2014), it is thus important to understand how intentions develop and redevelop within this context.…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Intention and Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the entrepreneurial intentions of Syrian refugees in the UK

Mawson

Kasem

2019

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PurposeFew studies have sought to explore the issue of entrepreneurial intention within refugees, despite wide recognition of refugee entrepreneurial potential. This paper explores entrepreneurial intention amongst recently arrived Syrian refugees in the UK, including the role that the migration experience plays in shaping these intentions.Design/methodology/approach This paper follows an interpretive phenomenological research approach, contextualised within the entrepreneurial intention literature. It draws on data collected from in-depth interviews with 9 Syrian refugees, five of whom arrived independently and four of whom arrived via the UK Government's Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement (VPR) Programme. FindingsAll participants were found to have strong perceptions of desirability towards entrepreneurship.Individuals who arrived independently demonstrated more confidence in their abilities, and in turn somewhat stronger start-up intentions. The findings indicate that the personal development of independent refugee arrivals linked to their migration experiences may help shape the intention to engage in entrepreneurship. Research limitationsAs this paper draws on a small sample in a single geographic location, the findings presented are phenomenological, context specific and not necessarily applicable to other spatial locations or to other (refugee) groups. Social implicationsA number of practical and social implications are provided. Support interventions focused on strengthening the perceived abilities and capabilities of refugees would be of considerable benefit. Originality/valueThis paper provides new and important insight into the nature of entrepreneurial intention within a novel focal group. It makes a valuable contribution to the literature by considering issues of context and process, specifically the relationship between personal forced migration experience and the perceived capability to start a business.

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“…While the majority had been employed after arriving in Canada, they were underemployed in temporary and part time roles at higher rates than the Canadian population, and experienced downward occupational mobility (Krahn, Derwing, Mulder & Wilkinson 2000). Jackson and Bauder (2013) interviewed 17 refugee claimants in Canada and also found that their employment opportunities were restricted to short term work, including in the informal sector, despite participants having resided in Canada for many years.…”

Section: Downward Occupational Mobility and Deskillingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Canada, Jackson and Bauder (2013) found that public discourses were perceived by 17 asylum-seeker participants to contribute to barriers to their employment. The public discourses of the 'bogus refugee' and 'queue jumper,' perpetuated by the media and politicians, were perceived by the participants to create an environment of hostility and were partly attributable to their employment in 'refugee jobs' (Jackson & Bauder 2013).…”

Section: Prejudice Discrimination and The Influence Of Public Represmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The public discourses of the 'bogus refugee' and 'queue jumper,' perpetuated by the media and politicians, were perceived by the participants to create an environment of hostility and were partly attributable to their employment in 'refugee jobs' (Jackson & Bauder 2013). The 'institutionalised under-utilisation of their skills and experience' (p. 377) was considered by those interviewed to reinforce public narratives that viewed refugees as having a 'particular place' in the labour market, leading to their employment in jobs considered undesirable to the local population.…”

Section: Prejudice Discrimination and The Influence Of Public Represmentioning

confidence: 99%

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People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know?

2016

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Public and political claims about the employment of people from a refugee background in Australia do not always reflect the research findings in this area. For example, recent claims by a senior Coalition Government Minister about people seeking asylum who arrived to Australia by boat during the previous Labor Government's terms in office posit that many have limited employment prospects. However, given there is little research or government reporting on the experiences of asylum seekers who arrived during this time, and none that focuses specifically on their employment, there is no evidence to support this. A review of research on the employment experiences of people from a refugee background, and Australian policies, suggests a more nuanced picture. This includes research that found while initially people from a refugee background are more likely to be unemployed, have temporary jobs and lower incomes than other newly arrived immigrants, over the longer term second-generation refugees have higher levels of labour market participation than the general population and refugees and their families make significant economic and community contributions to Australia. Research also highlights that refugees may experience a range of barriers to accessing employment, including discrimination, and a review of Australian policies indicates these are likely to have exacerbated some of these barriers for asylum seekers who arrived to Australia by boat. In addition, given previous findings that public attitudes can be influenced by representations made in public and political discourses, the public statements of senior Ministers may be further deepening barriers to accessing employment faced by asylum seekers who arrived by boat.

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Neither Temporary, Nor Permanent: The Precarious Employment Experiences of Refugee Claimants in Canada

Cited by 79 publications

References 21 publications

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Exploring the entrepreneurial intentions of Syrian refugees in the UK

People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know?

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