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Understanding career experiences of skilled minority ethnic workers in France and Germany

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Human resource management literature pays little attention to the agency of skilled ethnic minorities in Europe in terms of explaining their career choices and outcomes. As a step towards addressing this gap, we draw on two field studies based on qualitative interviews. One of these studies draws on interviews with 49 participants in France, and the other is based on interviews with 30 participants in Germany. Through a Bourdieuan analysis, we contribute to the human resource management literature, and demonstrate the varied forms that the agency of highly skilled ethnic minorities takes, in terms of their work experiences, in the context of structures of inequality in both countries.

Source: The International Journal of Human Resource Management

DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.709190

Authors: Akram Al Ariss, Joana Vassilopoulou, Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Annilee Game

Institutions: Université de Toulouse, Brunel University of London, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, University of East Anglia

Language: English

Topic: Gender Diversity and Inequality

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2152403530

FWCI: 13.27

Cites: 52

Cited by: 98

Related to: 10