Transnational Spaces ‘From Above’ – The Role of Institutions in Promoting Highly Skilled Labour Migration from <scp>I</scp>ndia to <scp>S</scp>weden

Hedberg, Charlotta; Hermelin, Brita; Westermark, Kristina

doi:10.1111/tesg.12110

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“…However, interorganisational relations are also important (cf. Hedberg et al ., ; Hopkins and Dawson, ; McKay and Markova, ; Poros, ; Thompson et al ., ). Cropper et al .…”

Section: Literature Review: Organisations Relationships and Categoriesmentioning

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Strategies for recruiting highly skilled migrants from India and China: a case study of firms in Sweden

Frank

2018

Industrial Relations Journal

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A striking characteristic in labour migration to Western Europe since the beginning of the 2000s has been the increased number of skilled migrants. In Sweden, most skilled migrants from countries outside the EU come from India, but there has also been significant skilled migration from China. This article investigates the impact that firms have on the migration from India and China. It focuses on managers' motives for employing migrants, their view of migrant workers and the means they use to find suitable workers. The article argues that interorganisational relationships play a key role in the recruitment of highly skilled migrants. The firms that employ migrants hold positions in an organisational field, and the relationships they have with other actors within the field shape how and why they employ migrants. The empirical data was collected through a multiple‐case study of 13 firms that have employed high‐skilled migrants from India and China.

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“…However, interorganisational relations are also important (cf. Hedberg et al ., ; Hopkins and Dawson, ; McKay and Markova, ; Poros, ; Thompson et al ., ). Cropper et al .…”

Section: Literature Review: Organisations Relationships and Categoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategies for recruiting highly skilled migrants from India and China: a case study of firms in Sweden

Frank

2018

Industrial Relations Journal

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“…This has been achieved not just as a result of transnationalism from below, in terms of migrants' links to transnational communities (Vertovec, 2009), but also as a result of transnational business connections and the structuring influence of corporate capital to engage external assistance to facilitate the mobility of expertise (Salt and Wood, 2011;Hedberg et al, 2014).…”

Section: The Migration Industry: Conceptual Contributionsmentioning

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Oiling the wheels? Flexible labour markets and the migration industry

McCollum

Findlay

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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The growing commercialisation of migration, often through a multiplicity of labour market intermediaries, is an issue of increasing academic interest. We seek to contribute to an emerging research agenda on the migration industries by exploring how one of the key actors that constitutes it, recruitment agencies, sits at the nexus between flexible labour market structures and migrant labour. Interviews with UK labour providers and low-wage employers form the evidence base for an analysis of the strategies developed by recruiters to derive commercial gain from connecting the so-called 'supply' and 'demand' sides of the flexible international labour market. We seek to contribute to understandings of the analytical categories within migration systems by illustrating how the migration industry interacts with other key stakeholders to structure international migration.

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“…The most recent "global shift is how firms from emerging countries establish themselves as global investors in industrialized economies, particularly in North America, Australia, and Europe (Alvstam et al, 2014). For example, there are several Indian software firms that have entered the Swedish market (Hermelin et al, 2011;Hedberg et al, 2014).…”

Section: From Local Production To Global Diffusion: Internationalizatmentioning

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Digital oases and digital deserts in Sub-Saharan Africa

Wentrup

Ström

Nakamura

2016

Journal of Science &Amp; Technology Policy Management

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Purpose – This paper aims to investigate whether Sub-Saharan African countries are catching up with the rest of the world in terms of online usage. Online service usage is an important component of the discourse of the “digital divide”, an emblematic term for the inequality of information and communication technology access. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a quantitative analysis of internet and Facebook penetration coupled with economic strength (GDP/capita), literacy and degree of rural population. Findings – The findings reveal a heterogeneous pattern with a few African countries being digital oases and close to European levels, whereas the majority of the countries are still digital deserts. A strong correlation is found between economic strength and internet penetration. A generalist picture that Sub-Saharan is on the trajectory of closing the digital divide is an imprecise reflection of the reality. Research limitations/implications – It is argued that instead of measuring supply-side data, which has been the trend till now, the use of demand-side elements such as online service usage tells more about digital inequalities between countries. Practical implications – The research encourages internet firms to open up their eyes for Sub-Saharan Africa as an investment opportunity with an untapped gap of online usage. Social implications – The three-billion internet users on the planet are unevenly spread and under-represented in Africa. By drawing a heterogeneous online usage landscape, digital policy can be accurately steered toward countries with the largest needs. Originality/value – There is a paucity of research going into the depth of online usage in Africa. The paper is a contribution to fill that gap.

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Transnational Spaces ‘From Above’ – The Role of Institutions in Promoting Highly Skilled Labour Migration from India to Sweden

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Strategies for recruiting highly skilled migrants from India and China: a case study of firms in Sweden

Strategies for recruiting highly skilled migrants from India and China: a case study of firms in Sweden

Oiling the wheels? Flexible labour markets and the migration industry

Digital oases and digital deserts in Sub-Saharan Africa

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