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dc.contributor.authorFaaliyat, Negar
dc.contributor.authorRessia, Susan
dc.contributor.authorPeetz, David
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T01:42:32Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T01:42:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1030-1763
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10301763.2021.1878571
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/402937
dc.description.abstractWe investigate ‘employment incongruity’ among skilled migrants from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries – that is, whether the jobs they achieve in Australia match the jobs they expect to be doing after they arrive or not – along with the factors that shape outcomes and the gendered dimensions of these outcomes. We analyse data collected from qualitative interviews with 15 females and eight male skilled MENA migrants, a median of seven years after arrival and apply an intersectionality lens and consider influences at the macro, meso and micro level that affect the power of female MENA migrants and shape their employment outcomes. We identify that what appears to shape employment incongruity are: organisational practices regarding recognition of overseas qualifications and demands for ‘local experience’; norms supporting discriminatory behaviour; the difficulties skilled MENA migrants have with accessing networks; and intra-family cultural norms. These findings are significant for current and future skilled MENA migrants, with the employment outcomes of most of the participants in this study revealing a mismatch between government immigration policies and organisational practices.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom47
dc.relation.ispartofpageto65
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLabour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStrategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3507
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial Relations & Labor
dc.subject.keywordsMiddle Eastern and North African (MENA)
dc.subject.keywordsskilled migrants
dc.subject.keywordsEconomics
dc.titleEmployment incongruity and gender among Middle Eastern and North African skilled migrants in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFaaliyat, N; Ressia, S; Peetz, D, Employment incongruity and gender among Middle Eastern and North African skilled migrants in Australia, Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 2021, 31 (1), pp. 47-65
dc.date.updated2021-03-07T23:17:41Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyrightThis is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 31 (1), pp. 47-65, 25 Jan 2021, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2021.1878571
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gro.griffith.authorRessia, Susan E.
gro.griffith.authorPeetz, David R.


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