Search results for "migrant social networks"

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Recruitment through migrant social networks from Latvia to the United Kingdom: Motivations, processes and developments

2015

A burgeoning body of literature exists in relation to the role of social networks in connecting migrant workers with employment opportunities, particularly in lower wage jobs. This evidence points to social networks being an attractive recruitment channel from the perspective of both migrants seeking employment and employers seeking employees. This analysis presents a wide breadth of original material, which examines recruitment through social networks from the perspective of both migrants and employers. This includes data drawn from an extensive mixed methods approach involving a novel online survey of Latvian migrants in the UK and face-to-face interviews with British low-wage employers. …

Labour economicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectMigrant workersGeography Planning and DevelopmentPerspective (graphical)WageLatvianlanguage.human_languagePolitical sciencelanguageLatvian labour migrants; low wage employment; migrant social networks; mixed methods; UK employersSeeking employmentDemographymedia_commonMigration Letters
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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: EMIGRATION FROM LATVIA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM

2013

Elektroniskā versija nesatur pielikumus

international migration (Latvia United Kingdom)Emigrācija un imigrācijaĢeogrāfijamigrant social networksemigrationCilvēka ģeogrāfijaĢeogrāfijas un zemes zinātnes
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