The Loughborough University School of Business & Economics Centre for Professional Work & Careers
The Loughborough University School of Business and Economics Centre for Professional Work & Careers
Seminar:
Careers of skilled migrants: towards a theoretical and methodological expansion
Akram Al Ariss, Professor of International Human Resource Management, Champagne School of Management, France
Date/Time: Thursday 26th January, 1-2 pm
Location: School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University
Room: BE 0.53
Abstract:
The careers of skilled migrant workers is an under-theorised field of research. In this paper, we propose a theoretical and methodological expansion of studies of careers of skilled migrants. We offer a critical review of the literature on careers of skilled migrants from a multilevel approach including individual, organizational, and contextual levels.
Our review leads to two key theoretical and methodological expansions: First, we demonstrate that migrant careers need to be understood as a relational construct that is at the interplay of individual and institutions and as a multi-layer and multi-faceted phenomenon. This approach requires us to explore careers in temporal and spatial contexts. The second expansion we make requires the adoption of relational methodologies, as well as more reflexive methods which encourages researchers to recognize a wider range of vested interests when framing their research questions and designing their studies. Our paper has two key values: it questions the central assumptions in the management and organizational literature regarding the topic of international mobility; and, secondly, it offers a theoretical and a methodological model for future research on this topic.
Lunch will be available from 12.15 in BE0.40
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