Immigration and work
Immigrants and their descendants are growing populations that are rapidly changing the racial/ethnic diversity of the United States and many societies across the globe. People migrate for a multitude of reasons but work - whether in the high-skilled, low-wage, or informal sectors of the economy--or...
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| Other Authors | |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
2015.
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| Series | Research in the sociology of work ;
v. 27. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781784416317 |
| ISSN | 0277-2833 ; |
| DOI | 10.1108/S0277-2833201527 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (450 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Central American immigrant workers : how legal status shapes the labor market experience / Cecilia Menjívar
- Between support and shame : the impacts of workplace violations for immigrant families / Shannon Gleeson
- Intersectional differences in segmented assimilation : skill and gender in the context of reception / Zulema Valdez
- Economic progress, stagnation or decline? : occupational mobility of non-EU immigrants in Europe / Sonia Pereira, Erik Snel, Margrietha 't Hart
- Labor union activity and the civic participation of latino immigrant workers / Veronica Terriquez
- Embedded solidarity : International migrant labor advocacy in South Korea / Joon Kim
- Transnational entrepreneurship and immigrant integration : new Chinese immigrants in Singapore and the United States / Min Zhou, Hong Liu
- Adaptation and return among Israeli enclave and infotech entrepreneurs / Steven Gold
- Franchising ethnic entrepreneurship : immigrant business owners and an alternative economic model / Pawan Dhingra, Jennifer Parker
- A new gendered occupational niche: latina pathways into the teaching profession / glenda flores,pierrette hondagnue-sotelo
- Bridging boundaries of difference : intergroup contact between immigrants and natives in the context of work / Elizabeth Miller.