The employment experiences of Canadian refugees: measuring the impact of human and social capital on quality of employment *.: An article from: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

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From the author: Examining the resettlement experiences of 525 adult refugees living in Canada, this study uses a multiple regression approach to investigate the impact of human and social capital on refugees' quality of employment. Giddens' structuration theory acts as a useful interpretive framework to describe how refugee agency is constrained and enabled by the rules and resources governing the employment integration process. Results show that refugees use both family and ethnic-group ties as resources in searching for employment. However, constrained by a combination of structural barriers, a significant proportion of refugees find that their human capital has little or no value in the Canadian labour market and, moreover, that the networks refugees are presently employing may not be sufficient to compensate for their downward occupational mobility.

Citation Details
Title: The employment experiences of Canadian refugees: measuring the impact of human and social capital on quality of employment *.
Author: Navjot K. Lamba
Publication:The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2003
Publisher: Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Assn.
Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Page: 45(20)

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