Understanding skilled migrants' employment in the host country: a multidisciplinary review and a conceptual model. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shirmohammadi, Melika; Beigi, Mina; Stewart, Jim
• Is Part Of: International journal of human resource management. Volume 30:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 96
• Page End: 121
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Skilled migration -- employment -- labor market -- destination -- job; Personnel management -- Periodicals; Human capital -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.3
• DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2018.1511615
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-5192

Abstract

Abstract: Globalization has led to an increase in international mobility in many occupational fields. Therefore, scholars from a variety of disciplines have studied the topic of skilled migration. The purpose of this study is to review and synthesize the empirical research on skilled migrants' qualification-matched employment across multiple disciplines. Skilled migrants are people on the move who possess university degrees or extensive work experience in professional fields when they leave their countries of origin to seek employment elsewhere. This review synthesizes findings of 106 empirical studies published from 1990 to mid-2017 on skilled migrants' employment. We develop a conceptual model that includes antecedent conditions associated with skilled migrant qualification-matched employment in their host country and its outcomes. We also highlight the role of multilevel factors and moderating variables associated with skilled migrants' possibility of obtaining qualification-matched employment. Our review has implications for human resource scholars and practitioners concerned with skilled migrants' employment and labor market.