New dimensions of precarious work among migrants: A qualitative meta-analysis of current research. (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Polkowska, Dominika
• Is Part Of: Asian and Pacific migration journal. Volume 28:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 440
• Page End: 456
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Subjects: migrant precarity -- precarious work -- precarious employment -- meta-analysis -- migrants; Asia -- Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; Pacific Area -- Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; Migration, Internal -- Asia -- Periodicals; Migration, Internal -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Emigration and immigration; Migration, Internal; Asia; Pacific Area; Periodicals; 325
• DOI: 10.1177/0117196819890502
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0117-1968

Abstract

This qualitative meta-analysis examines the ways in which issues of precarious work among migrants are investigated with a view to: (a) determine which dimensions of precarity are analyzed, and (b) identify new dimensions of precarious work which emerged from an analysis of a sample of 20 qualitative studies. The study identified five new dimensions which were not included in previously proposed conceptualizations of precarious work, namely, precarity as a conceptual tool to analyze other issues, strategies dealing with precarity, individual experience of dealing with precarious conditions, reasons why precarity occurs, and political dimension.