Project description
Exploring skilled migrant adjustment processes to address inequalities
Cultural pluralism in Europe has been a source not only of diversity but also of social inequalities. In multicultural societies, reducing poverty and social exclusion and stimulating employment could be achieved if skilled migrant adjustment processes were easier and if organisations had the appropriate tools to utilise the skills and gender dynamics of migrants. The EU-funded SMACT project is investigating adjustment processes in skilled migrant workers in Switzerland, focussing on female expatriates. Merging approaches from psychology, human resource management and intercultural relations research, SMACT aims at reaching results that could contribute to an upgrade in workforce management and career counselling practices.
Objective
The Skilled Migrant Adjustment to Career Transitions (SMACT) Project aims to research adjustment processes in skilled migrant workers in Switzerland. A sample of skilled multi-national migrant workers will be studied to examine their adjustment to a single host country (i.e. Switzerland) in terms of their work-related outcomes. The use of a single host country will allow better control to be achieved for the cultural and institutional influences that could be considered specific to Switzerland. The current interdisciplinary study aims to integrate adjustment dimensions that were previously used in diverse fields, such as psychology, human resource management and intercultural relations research. In this mixed-method research design, variables were investigated using qualitative (i.e. semi-structured focus group interviews with female skilled migrants) and quantitative data collections (i.e. online survey with skilled migrants administered over three time-points). The inclusion of qualitative focus group interviews with skilled female migrants aims to rectify the existing under-representation of female migrants’ adjustment experiences in expatriate literature. The SMACT project has four main goals: 1) examine female expatriate adjustment processes, 2) examine differences in adjustment and work-related outcomes between AEs and SIEs, 3) examine personality predictors on adjustment processes for work outcomes, and 4) examine personality predictors on adjustment processes for non-work outcomes. This research study is in line with European 2020 Strategy flagship initiatives of fostering employment and reducing poverty and social exclusion, because these study results could inform human resource management and career counselling practices to help facilitate skilled migrant adjustment processes, to address an existing gender dynamic and ultimately help organisations to better utilise the skills of migrants.
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- social sciences sociology social issues social inequalities
- social sciences psychology
- social sciences economics and business business and management employment
- social sciences sociology demography human migrations
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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1015 LAUSANNE
Switzerland
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