"It's Who You Know Not What": Migrants' Encounters with Regimes of Skills as Misrecognition

Autor/in	Webb, Sue
Titel	"It's Who You Know Not What": Migrants' Encounters with Regimes of Skills as Misrecognition
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 37 (2015) 3, S.267-285 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
DOI	10.1080/0158037X.2015.1007938
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Skilled Workers; Personal Narratives; Employment; Social Capital; Recognition (Achievement); Social Networks; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Indigenous Knowledge; Dialects; Pronunciation; English; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Facharbeiter; Erlebniserzählung; Dienstverhältnis; Sozialkapital; Soziale Anerkennung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Dialect; Dialekt; Aussprache; English language; Englisch; Australien
Abstract	This article analyses qualitative narratives from skilled migrants using Bourdieu's concepts of misrecognition, symbolic and social capital to understand the uneven effects of migration transitions on employment outcomes among migrant groups. Transnational skilled migration is increasing to unprecedented levels, especially from non-OECD countries to OECD countries, where inward migration is a strategy to increase the skill level of workforces. Drawing on a qualitative case study of skilled migration to a regional non-metropolitan area of Australia, the article discusses the key finding that "It's who you know, not what you know" which enabled both skilled migrants and their partners to secure employment commensurate with their qualifications and previous employment histories. Building the 'right' social networks post-migration were the gateways to securing employment. A "regime of skills" was used by employers, employment agencies and educational providers who acted as gatekeepers to employment opening up opportunities for some or closing down that for others through processes of misrecognition of the migrants' experiences and skills and the prioritising of localised knowledge and native-like English accents. Through this process of misrecognition, the "doxa" of who should be employed and in what capacity was sustained. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01