How do refugees use their social capital for successful labor market integration? An exploratory analysis in Germany

Gericke, Dina; Burmeister, Anne; Löwe, Jill; Deller, Jürgen; Pundt, Leena

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2017.12.002

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“…Consistent with previous research on refugees" resettlement (e.g. Gericke et al, 2018;Baran et al, 2018), being amongst people that made them feel good, especially other refugees, volunteers and NGO"s workers, was a powerful regulation strategy (situation selection), as it helped the participants regain their confidence. Reappraisal was a commonly reported strategy and led to long-term benefits by enabling to recover from setbacks (John & Gross, 2004).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…While employment seems to be a central element to refugees" successful integration, only recently has this topic received more attention from organisational and vocational researchers. Integration to the labour market, securing and maintaining any type of formal employment in the host country, has been identified as a primary outcome of integration, especially for younger refugees (Gericke et al, 2018). In fact, gaining employment was early identified as a factor of improving refugees" well-being (Pernice & Brook, 1996).…”

Section: Refugees' Resettlement and Integration Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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"Can I join you?” Refugees’ Emotion Regulation Experiences during Resettlement

Antoniadou¹

2019

JBEP

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Refugee experiences of integration is of growing importance, yet we know little about the lived emotional experiences faced by refugees themselves, the effects of their inclusion on organisational outcomes and the ways they regulate their emotions. Drawing on phenomenological interviews, this study probed the emotional experiences often refugees residing and already working in the UK. Utilising Gross's (1998Gross's ( , 2014 model of emotion regulation, we analysed how refugees used emotion regulation processes as they adapted to their new work and social environments. Findings illuminate the unfamiliarity experienced throughout their attempt to navigate to the labour market, with racism and harassment challenging their integration. However, their accounts revealed resilience and persistence to survive under adversity, which helped them develop career adaptability and contribute to their profession. This study is significant because it extends knowledge of refugee integration and highlights the ways in which refugees actively fight to survive in their new environments, ratherthan emphasising on their deficits.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Refugees' Resettlement and Integration Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

"Can I join you?” Refugees’ Emotion Regulation Experiences during Resettlement

Antoniadou¹

2019

JBEP

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“…As time passes, and as they spend more time in the new home country, it makes logical sense that they probably start to understand the employment context and process, associated communication and cultural skills, and pathways required to achieve these jobs (Refugee Council of Australia, 2010). The time also allows them to build social networks, which can become another source of finding employment (Colic-Peisker & Tilbury, 2006;Gericke, Burmeister, Löwe, Deller, & Pundt, 2018). Subsequently, with more time, they would have better prospects of finding a job (Correa-Velez, Barnett, & Gifford, 2015;Hugo, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of employment status: A study of former refugee communities in Australia

Khawaja

Hebbani

Gallois

et al. 2019

Australian Psychologist

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Objective There is substantial evidence that refugees' employment experiences are marred by a range of hurdles as they settle in their host country. This study investigated the relationship between a range of independent variables such as, demographic factors, acculturation, acculturative stress, and resilience and the dependent variable that is the employment status of former refugees. Method Questionnaire data were gathered from 169 participants from the Ethiopian, Congolese, and Myanmar communities settled in Brisbane, Australia. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to investigate the factors that predicted employment status. Results Resilience and demographic variables such as age, education, gender, and country of origin were not associated with being employed. Length of stay and English proficiency increased the likelihood of being employed. Surprisingly, an increase in acculturation was associated with the likelihood of being unemployed, while an increase in acculturative stress was associated with the likelihood of being employed. Conclusions These findings indicate that unemployed participants perceived themselves to be acculturated and integrated, while those who were employed reported more acculturative stress. Furthermore, employment despite its positive impact can also be stressful. The study has practical and theoretical implications for stakeholders involved in the employment of refugees.

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“…In a recent study, Gericke et al . (2018) point to the need for vertical support (such as governmental and third‐sector assistance) as a valuable source for adequate employment for refugees, in comparison to horizontal bonding between refugees and co‐ethnic groups, because the latter provides access to mostly low‐skilled jobs and can lead to under‐employment (Gericke et al . 2018).…”

Section: Individual‐level Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Lee

Szkudlarek

Nguyen

et al. 2020

Int J Management Reviews

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Increasing levels of displacement and the need to integrate refugees in the workforce pose new challenges to organizations and societies. Extant research on refugee employment and workforce integration currently resides across various disconnected disciplines, posing a significant challenge for management scholars to contribute to timely and relevant solutions. In this paper, we endeavour to address this challenge by reviewing and synthesizing multidisciplinary literature on refugee employment and workforce integration. Using a relational framework, we organize our findings around three levels of analysis -institutional, organizational and individual -to outline the complexity of factors affecting refugees' employment outcomes. Based on our analysis, we introduce and elaborate on the phenomenon of the canvas ceiling -a systemic, multilevel barrier to refugee workforce integration and professional advancement. The primary contributions of this paper are twofold. First, we map and integrate the multidisciplinary findings on the challenges of refugee workforce integration. Second, we provide management scholarship with a future research agenda to address the knowledge gap identified in this review and advance practical developments in this domain.

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How do refugees use their social capital for successful labor market integration? An exploratory analysis in Germany

Cited by 158 publications

References 25 publications

"Can I join you?” Refugees’ Emotion Regulation Experiences during Resettlement

"Can I join you?” Refugees’ Emotion Regulation Experiences during Resettlement

Predictors of employment status: A study of former refugee communities in Australia

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

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