Problematising the interplay between employment relations, migration and mobility

Rodríguez, Jenny K.; Mearns, Lesley

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“…For example, some participants reported they needed to develop new knowledge and skills in order to develop appropriate and appealing employment applications for the Canadian job market. In addition, the observation that interviewing and hiring practices vary in their structures and processes in diverse contexts led some migrant social workers to feel as if they were being commoditized (Rodriguez & Mearns, 2012). A participant from Romania articulated:…”

Section: Job Applications and Interviewsmentioning

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Migrant Social Workers, Foreign Credential Recognition and Securing Employment in Canada

Fulton¹,

Pullen-Sansfaçon²,

Brown³

et al. 2016

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Canada is a culturally diverse receiving country for transnational migration, and social workers are among the professional migrants who arrive in Canada each year. This article draws on findings from a four-year, grounded theory study on the professional adaptation processes and experiences of migrant social workers (n = 66) in the Canadian context. Study findings highlight a range of internal (personal) attributes and external (contextual) elements that interact to serve as either protective or vulnerabilizing factors during the pre-employment phase of professional adaptation. The focus of this article is to describe the interactions of protective and vulnerabilizing factors associated with the experience of obtaining recognition of foreign credentials and securing employment as a social worker in Canada. The findings demonstrate that migrant social workers in Canada face significant barriers in these two pre-employment phases of professional adaptation. A range of research and policy implications is identified. In particular, we highlight the disconnect that exists between Canada’s migration-friendly policies, and the lack of organizational and governmental supports and services to facilitate successful labour market integration of migrant social workers.

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Section: Job Applications and Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant Social Workers, Foreign Credential Recognition and Securing Employment in Canada

Fulton¹,

Pullen-Sansfaçon²,

Brown³

et al. 2016

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“…In many ways, internal and international labour migration has impacted on the supply and demand of labour and thus changed the features of work and employment. The dynamics of exchange of capital and work associated with labour migration have significantly influenced the structure, articulation and experience of employment relations in local and global workplaces (Lansbury, Kitay, andWailes 2003, Rodriguez andMearns 2012). In this context, globalization is the key force that has facilitated many structural and operational changes and permeated various new forms of employment.…”

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Hyper-individualized recruitment: Rural-urban labour migration and precarious construction work in Bangladesh

Reza

2016

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Indirect recruitment through individual recruiters triggers specific areas of precarious employment in the construction sector of Bangladesh. This paper critically examines the navigating role of individual recruiters in determining precarious work conditions for the rural-urban migrant labourers. It unpacks the inter-connections between recruitment practices, rural-urban labour migration and precarious employment in the construction sector of Bangladesh. Taking the case study of migrant construction labourers in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, it draws on surveys and in-depth interviews to examine specific conditions of individualized recruitment practices and employment relations that contribute to various pressures and insecurities amongst migrant construction labourers. Examining labour recruitment through the lens of precarious work, this paper argues that neoliberal practices have led to indirect recruitment practices where the pronounced existence of individual recruiters as the key actors underpins the precariousness of construction labour in Bangladesh.

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“…worker rights; equality and social justice). As a result, the regulation of work and employment is theoretically complex and empirically broad, and its interpretation plays a fundamental role in legitimising and normalising work practices and employment dynamics in global and local labour markets (Rodriguez & Mearns, 2012).…”

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Regulation of work and employment: advances, tensions and future directions in research in international and comparative HRM

Rodríguez

Johnstone

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2017

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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a alliance manchester Business school, university of manchester, manchester, uK; b newcastle university Business school, newcastle upon Tyne, uK ABSTRACT Changes to dynamics work and employment have resulted in calls for more sustainable management, procedural control, institutional governance, and political accountability. Against this background, there is renewed attention to regulation, its terms, nature and quality, and its role to shape the employment relationship. An important concern for international and comparative human resource management (I/CHRM) is understanding the role of regulation in interacting with these changes and how this varies across within and between countries. Regulation sits at the centre of competing economic and social demands, which are seen as both complementary and irreconcilable, and its complexity needs to be theorized and empirically mapped. The article discusses key themes related to changes to dynamics, processes and structures, and tensions that concern the fields of I/CHRM and its relationship with the regulation of work and employment. The article calls for more comprehensive insight into the theoretical links between regulation and I/CHRM, and more empirical evidence of their interplay across contexts. It suggests that engaging with the paradoxes and ambiguities of different competing agendas of regulation of work and employment, and exploring these in relation to different social actors within and across geographies is a significant step in advancing research in this area.

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Problematising the interplay between employment relations, migration and mobility

Cited by 28 publications

References 66 publications

Migrant Social Workers, Foreign Credential Recognition and Securing Employment in Canada

Migrant Social Workers, Foreign Credential Recognition and Securing Employment in Canada

Hyper-individualized recruitment: Rural-urban labour migration and precarious construction work in Bangladesh

Regulation of work and employment: advances, tensions and future directions in research in international and comparative HRM

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