The concept of labour migration from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe

Bite, Pál; Szombathelyi, Márta Konczos; Васа, Ласзло

doi:10.14254/2071-789x.2020/13-1/13

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“…The influence of migrants on the economy and the labour market operations have been discussed to some extent (Chreim et al 2018;Cristea & Grabara, 2019;Rausser et al, 2018;Oláh et al, 2017;Cseh Papp, Bilan & Dajnoki, 2018;Bite, Konczos-Szombathelyi & Vasa, 2020;Oliinyk et al, 2021;Simionescu, Bilan & Mentel, 2017), as well as the problems migrants may face in their search for jobs (Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer & Schiffauer, 2017;Piekutowska & Fiedorczuk, 2018;Szczepańska-Woszczyna & Kurowska-Pysz, 2016). The enormous expansion of low-paying, unskilled, contracted expatriates' mostly single men on fixed contracts and professionals who are offered competitive remuneration packages that includes long-term engagements has been analyzed by Tahir and Egleston (2019).…”

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Approaches to understanding migration: A multi-country analysis of the push and pull migration trend

Khalid¹,

Urbański²

2021

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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The study explores the factors that drive migration to Poland and Thailand. It investigated how economic, political, environmental, and social factors impact on workers decision to migrate in search of greener pastures. The research is hinged on the Push-Pull Migration Model. The research populations consisted of a total of 762 purposively selected respondents; 452 were selected from Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand, while 310 were selected from Warsaw in Poland. The study was quantitative research that applied SEM analysis for data interpretation. Findings indicated that 76% of the migrants to Thailand have at least a university degree compared to 24% with a high school certificate or less, while for Poland, 68% have at least a university degree compared to 32% with a high school certificate or less. SEM analysis revealed that only the economic push and pull factors were accepted in both Thailand and Poland/ The results reinforced the significant influence of unemployment, poverty, high employment, and high wages, while acknowledging the impact of political and social factors. The significance of environmental factors from the findings was underwhelming.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Approaches to understanding migration: A multi-country analysis of the push and pull migration trend

Khalid¹,

Urbański²

2021

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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“…The modern career model predicts positive migrant expectations for the short and long term. This developmental aspect to careers led McHugh et al (1995) and Bite et al (2020) to propose the possibility of cyclical migration, where individuals move to new destinations or return to the country of origin and later move again to yet another destination. Specifically downward career moves might be connected to discrimination or lack of equivalency and poor understanding based on differing evaluations of professional and educational qualifications, country-specific processes of qualification accreditation as well as varied processes of personnel selection by the employing organisations of receiving countries (Carr et al, 2005).…”

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Migrants' motivations and intentions to work virtually for their country of origin

Kumpikaitè-Valiüniené

Duobienė

Pinnington

et al. 2020

IJOEM

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PurposeThe authors investigate empirically emigrants' intentions and motivations to work virtually for their country of origin. The study focuses on a country with substantial, persistent emigration and explores theories of diaspora investment motivation and virtual work characteristics.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory questionnaire survey on migrants' intentions and motivations to work virtually for their country of origin was conducted in late 2016 on 3,022 respondents, all emigrants from Lithuania.FindingsMigrants are more likely to engage in virtual work for their country of origin when they experience negative career satisfaction, perceive the country of origin as their home country, belong to a recent wave of migration and possess occupational skills commonly employed in virtual work.Research limitations/implicationsA major limitation of this study conducted on emigrants from one country is that it does not permit generalisation of the results to other countries and regions. It is limited, thus, to making general comparisons to what is known in the literature about migrants from other nations. However, the authors have identified some of the main factors which have theoretical and empirical import for future research, and the auhtors have argued that the results of our study possess only a few inherent geographic limitations. This research is a starting point for studies connecting diaspora motivation and their linkage to virtual work as a mean of human capital gain for the country of origin. The findings inform the conceptual model of virtual workplaces of Kumpikaite-Valiuniene et al. (2014) in relation to migrants and support Nielsen and Riddle's (2010) migrant diaspora investment motivation theory.Practical implicationsUnderstanding how and when organisations will work virtually with migrants from the country of origin as well as knowing more about their needs and expectations for migrants' knowledge, skills and work experience are necessary for future research on the attractiveness and potential of virtual work. As a first step in exploring diaspora motivation for virtual work, the authors recommend conducting qualitative research that would investigate more deeply the various motivations migrants can have for virtual work with their country or origin. This study revealed that females are more motivated to work virtually compared to males. However, gender issues have not been explored in this survey and constitute a future study direction.Social implicationsMoreover, future research should examine what areas of human capital, commercial and cultural knowledge can be productively delivered by migrants working virtually for organisations in the country of origin, which will contribute to greater understanding of knowledge transfer and human capital issues (“brain gain”) in the migration literature. Further, specific forms of virtual work should be studied empirically for the extent that they provide opportunities for self-development and for satisfaction in personal lives and work careers. In addition, the potential business and societal benefits for the country of origin should be studied further through examining diverse dimensions of family, community, work and careers. These studies will expand knowledge of virtual work and related research phenomena and will contribute to this gap in the migration and human resource management (HRM) literature studies.Originality/valueThis research is a starting point for studies connecting diaspora motivation and their linkage to virtual work as a mean of human capital gain for the country of origin. The findings inform the proposed conceptual model of virtual workplaces by Kumpikaite-Valiuniene et al (2014) in relation to migrants and support Nielsen and Riddle (2010) migrant diaspora investment motivation theory. The authors have identified some of the main factors that have theoretical and empirical import for future study. This research topic and new related studies on diaspora have the potential to contribute to the fields of migration, HRM, work and career studies.

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“…In the case of Central and Eastern countries, the migration expects to continue, and drivers will come from demographic and economic reasons; specifically wage differences between the home and host countries, like Poland or Ukraine, and a perspective of higher earnings in developed economies encourage to transfer [11,12,13]. The CEE represents a SHS Web of Conferences 9 2, 0 (2021) Globalization and its Socio-Economic Consequences 2020 7019 https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20219207019 critical labor source region for the tourism and hospitality sectors of many Western countries [14].…”

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Labor Economics and Career Development in the Context of Globalized World

Dvořáková

2021

SHS Web of Conf.

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Research background: The paper uses labor economics and career theory to design an integrative approach to career research focusing on new occupations and career development. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this paper is to call for an integrative approach to career research aiming to characterize labor market trends and discuss perspectives on careers using highly skilled migrants from Central and Eastern Europe as a case. The paper discusses the specificity of career development in the context of the Industry 4.0. and an integrative approach vs. other approaches. Methods: The methodology insists on several ways that enable a triangular analysis. The research combines in-depth-analysis of bibliographic data in the Web of Science database, unstructured interviews with top managers/co-owners of multinational companies in August and September 2020 as a base for writing two narrative cases. Findings & Value added: Findings show the tendency of career theory to provide a narrow view of a career. They highlight the trends in considering the wide variety of career situations, which results from the fact that careers locate in time and space. The paper provides examples to explore career differences better and seek for alternative explanations to career experiences. Because career dynamics are influenced by individual characteristics and career development practices, a more integrative approach to career research must address the complexity of labor markets. The added value is to encourage discussions about career theory focusing on a wide range of issues.

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The concept of labour migration from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 22 publications

References 58 publications

Approaches to understanding migration: A multi-country analysis of the push and pull migration trend

Approaches to understanding migration: A multi-country analysis of the push and pull migration trend

Migrants' motivations and intentions to work virtually for their country of origin

Labor Economics and Career Development in the Context of Globalized World

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