Search for dissertations about: "labour migration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words labour migration.

2. 1. The Feeling of Migration : Narratives of Queer Intimacies and Partner Migration

   Author : Sara Ahlstedt; Peo Hansen; Ulrika Dahl; Lena Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Migration; queer migration; privileged migration; intimate migration; homonationalism; entanglement; emotions; love; loss; belonging; sexuality; gender identity; race; narrative analysis;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyzes narratives of queer partner migration, that is, a family-tie migration in which one of the partners of a relationship has migrated in order for the partners to be together, and where the partners queer the migration in the sense that they have a non-normative sexuality and/or gender identity. The purpose of the study is to examine how queer partner migrants and their Swedish partners experience the migration process – which continues also once the administrative process has been completed – by analyzing the emotions and feelings that emerge in the process. READ MORE

4. 2. Migration policy in Sweden : studies of labour migration and local integration policy

   Author : Henrik Emilsson; Pieter Bevelander; Christian Fernandez; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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5. 3. Managing Migrant Workers : moral economies of temporary labour in the Swedish IT and wild berry industries

   Author : Karin Krifors; Anders Neergaard; Sofie Tornhill; Anna Gavanas; Nora Räthzel; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migration; employers; moral economy; management discourse; supply chains; labour relations; IT industry; wild berry industry; Sweden; India; Thailand; migration; arbetsgivare; moralisk ekonomi; managementdiskurs; utbudskedjor; arbete; IT-industri; bärindustri; Sverige; Indien; Thailand;

   Abstract : Temporary migrant workers and circular migration constitute a growing global phenomenon as the management of migration becomes increasingly important to policymakers. This thesis takes academic discussions on citizenship and migration as its starting point, and examines the role of employers in terms of defining temporary migrant workers and their role in the Swedish labour market. READ MORE

6. 4. Lost in Mobility? : Labour Migration from Baltic Lithuania to Sweden

   Author : Indre Genelyte; Branka Likic-Brboric; Charles Woolfson; Annette Thörnquist; Jolanta Aidukaite; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intra-EU mobility; East-West labour migration; Lithuania; Sweden; social transformation; Hirschmanian model.; rörlighet inom EU; öst-västlig arbetskraftsmigration; Litauen; Sverige; social omvandling; Hirschmans modell.;

   Abstract : This thesis seeks to make both theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of intra-EU mobility, with a focus on labour migration from Lithuania to Sweden. Inspired by a critical realist perspective, the thesis aims to help to explain the dynamics and individual decision-making behind mass labour emigration from the Baltic states, its socioeconomic consequences and policy responses. READ MORE

7. 5. The value of immigrants' human capital for labour market integration

   Author : Andrey Tibajev; Zoran Slavnic; Moa Bursell; Lina Aldén; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International migration; Immigrants; Integration; Human capital; Internationell migration; Utrikes födda; Integration; Humankapital;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on the productive knowledge and skills, i.e., human capital, that immigrants bring from before immigration, as well as new human capital acquired in the destination country. READ MORE