Linking institutional context to the community and career embeddedness of skilled migrants: The role of destination- and origin-country identifications
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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Date
2024-08
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en
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20
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Journal of International Business Studies, Volume 55, issue 6, pp. 703-722
Abstract
Migration is one of the most pressing global issues of our time. However, relatively little is known about the factors and mechanisms that govern the post-migration experiences of skilled migrants. We adopt an acculturation- and social identity-based approach to examine how differences between institutional characteristics in the destination and origin country, as well as migrants’ experiences with formal and informal institutions shape their identification with the destination and origin country and contribute to their community and career embeddedness. Our study of 1709 highly skilled migrants from 48 origin countries in 12 destination countries reveals that the institutional environment migrants encounter provides both sources of opportunity (potential for human development and value-congruent societal practices) and sources of disadvantage (experienced ethnocentrism and downgrading). These contrasting dynamics affect migrants’ destination-country identification, their origin-country identification and, ultimately, their embeddedness in the destination country. Our results have important implications for multinational enterprises and policy makers that can contribute to enhancing skilled migrants’ community and career embeddedness. For example, these actors may nurture a work environment and provide supportive policies that buffer against the institutional sources of disadvantage we identified in this study, while helping migrants to leverage the opportunities available in the destination country.Description
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Acculturation, Embeddedness, Identification, Immigration, Institutional characteristics
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Stahl, G K, Akkan, E, Reiche, B S, Hajro, A, Zellmer-Bruhn, M, Lazarova, M, Richter, N F, Caprar, D V, Zikic, J, Björkman, I, Brewster, C, Cerdin, J L, Clegg, C C, Davoine, E, Koveshnikov, A, Mayrhofer, W & Zander, L 2024, ' Linking institutional context to the community and career embeddedness of skilled migrants: The role of destination- and origin-country identifications ', Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 703-722 . https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00683-w
