Work in Transition: Cultural Capital and Highly Skilled Migrants' Passages Into the Labour Market

by Arnd-Michael Nohl, Oliver Schmidtke, Karin Schittenhelm

Despite the fact that many countries target highly skilled migrants for recruitment in the global labour market, few of those migrants are able to take full advantage of their educational and professional qualifications in their new homes. Work in Transition examines this paradox, using extended narrative interviews that focus on the role that cultural capital plays in the labour market.

Comparing the migrant experience in Germany, Canada,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442615680
• ISBN13: 9781442615687
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher