Putting the Migrant Employee Front and Center: Perspectives on Migrants’ Workplace Integration

Migrant workers are important participants in the labor markets of their host countries – yet they have largely remained “invisible” in management research. Although there is research on how migrants integrate in the larger society, few have examined how they access and integrate into labor markets and even fewer have examined the role organizations play in this integration process or what makes for a successful employer-employee relationship. “Putting the migrant worker front and center,” this symposium offers a collection of papers that examine migrants in the workplace from various perspectives: that of migrant support organizations, of employers, and of migrants themselves. A collaboration of scholars from universities in Australia, Canada, Denmark, and Germany, it includes both theoretical and (quantitative and qualitative) empirical papers, based on samples from Canada, Germany, and India, each contributing to the conversation on how to facilitate migrant success, a topic of the highest priority at the intersection of business, migration, and society. Stakeholders and creation of shared values: Advancing refugee employment through collaboration Author: Eun Su Lee; U. of Newcastle Author: Betina Agata Szkudlarek; U. of Sydney Business School The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Supporting Migrant Integration Author: Jelena Zikic; York U. Author: Marlee Eden Mercer; York U. Author: Tina Sharifi; York U., Toronto Author: Viktoriya Voloshyna; York U., Canada Intended and unintended consequences of diversity practices among different types of migrant workers Author: Nicole Richter; U. of Southern Denmark Objective Career Consequences of Socio-Cultural Adaptability for Highly Skilled Immigrant Workers Author: Rajiv Krishnan Kozhikode; Simon Fraser U. Author: Medha Satish Kumar; Simon Fraser U. Author: Mila Borislavova Lazarova; Simon Fraser U. Socializing Immigrant Jobseekers: The Role of Pre-Employment Mentoring Author: Hui Zhang; Sprott School of Business, Carleton U. Author: Luciara Nardon; Carleton U.