Correlates of Career Satisfaction in Canada—the Immigrants’ Experience

Yap, Margaret; Holmes, Mark; Hannan, Charity‐Ann; Cukier, Wendy

doi:10.1007/s12134-012-0268-y

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“…These results can be related to those in Yap et al . (), which indicate that many employee and employer predictors are positively correlated with job satisfaction for both immigrants and native born. Also, Chowhan et al .…”

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Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data

Fakih

2014

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This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of vacation leave and its relationship to hours worked and hourly wages by examining the case of Canada. Previous studies from the USA, using individual‐level data, have revealed that annual work hours fall by around 53 hours for each additional week of vacation used. Exploiting a linked employer–employee dataset that allows to control for detailed observed demographic, job, and firm characteristics, we find instead that annual hours of work fall by only 29 hours for each additional week of vacation used. Our findings support the hypothesis that pressure at work may lead employees to use more vacation days but also causes them to work for longer hours.

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Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data

Fakih

2014

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“…In particular, visible minority immigrants have lower career satisfaction than non-visible minority immigrants (Yap, Holmes, Hannan, & Cukier, 2014). Visible minority immigrants are generally defined as those who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in skin color (Yap et al, 2014). Focusing on international doctorate recipients and faculty who received their degrees from U.S. postsecondary institutions, research shows that foreign status appears to be closely associated with job satisfaction: Foreign-born scientists report lower work satisfaction than U.S.-born peers, even though their academic productivity is greater than their U.S.-born peers (Mamiseishvili, 2011).…”

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“…As previously discussed, immigrants often suffer from lower job satisfaction compared to domestic workers. In particular, visible minority immigrants have lower career satisfaction than non-visible minority immigrants (Yap, Holmes, Hannan, & Cukier, 2014). Visible minority immigrants are generally defined as those who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in skin color (Yap et al, 2014).…”

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“…The areas in which the foreign-born scientists lagged the most behind U.S.-born scientists were found in level of satisfaction with salary, level of responsibility, job security, and intellectual challenge (Corley & Sabharwal, 2007). Focusing on managers, professionals, and executives in Canada, Yap et al (2014) found that foreign-born immigrants experienced significantly lower career satisfaction than native-born workers in Canada, for instance. In addition, previous studies have found evidence that job satisfactions of foreign-born workers may differ significantly by country/region of origin (Cantwell & Lee, 2010;Jiang, 2016).…”

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Early Career Outcomes of International Bachelor’s Degree Recipients from U.S. Institutions: The Role of International Status and Region of Origin

Jiang

2018

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Based on neo-racism theory and human capital theory, this study examined whether international bachelor’s degree recipients who graduated from U.S. institutions have significant early career outcome differences compared to domestic bachelor’s degree recipients in terms of major-job match, annual earnings, and job satisfaction. Recognizing the significant differences in language, culture, and socio-economic conditions among immigrants from different countries of origin, this study further explored possible differences in career outcomes of international bachelor’s degree recipients by regions of origin. The findings of this study suggest that international degree recipients have gained labor market parity in majorjob match as well as salary and job satisfaction with their domestic counterparts, all things being equal. Further, this study found evidence that region of origin plays an important role in shaping international bachelor’s degree recipients’ major-job match and annual earnings. The policy implications for postsecondary institutions and the U.S. as a society are discussed.

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“…Job satisfaction is crucial in studying career outcomes of workers in that job satisfaction has a close association with labor market mobility, employee well-being, and job performance (Freeman, 1978;Hellman, 1997, Mount, Ilies, & Johnson, 2006Rode, 2004). Immigrants, especially visible minority immigrants, generally defined as those who are of non-Caucasian race or non-White in skin color, reported lower job satisfaction compared with domestic workers, and lower career satisfaction compared with non-visible minority immigrants (Yap, Holmes, Hannan, & Cukier, 2014).…”

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The Price of Being International

Jiang

Kim

2019

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This study sought to examine whether international master’s recipients (IMRs) who graduated from U.S. institutions have different early career outcomes in major and job match, annual earnings, and career satisfaction from their counterpart domestic master’s recipients (DMRs). By analyzing combined datasets of National Survey of Recent College Graduates, this study found that IMRs were 2 times more likely than DMRs to hold jobs that are related to their master’s degree. On the other hand, IMRs faced an 8% earnings disadvantage as compared with DMRs. There was no statistically significant difference in job satisfaction between IMRs and DMRs. The policy implications for postsecondary institutions and the U.S. were discussed.

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Correlates of Career Satisfaction in Canada—the Immigrants’ Experience

Cited by 22 publications

References 59 publications

Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data

Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data

Early Career Outcomes of International Bachelor’s Degree Recipients from U.S. Institutions: The Role of International Status and Region of Origin

The Price of Being International

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