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Miika Kekki

Biographic Data

ID4244660
NAMEMiika Kekki
GIVEN NAMESMiika
FAMILY NAMEKekki
SIGNATUREKEKKI M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Eastern Finland
ORCID0000-0003-2009-8159
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT3
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1
  • Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Aspiration Management

    Open Access•Ihssane Otmani, Miika Kekki et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 31

    This paper examines the moral dilemmas faced by street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) as they engage in aspiration management while providing integration services to migrants and refugees. European integration policies prioritise rapid employment, often directing refugees toward low‐skilled jobs, which may conflict with their higher professional and educational aspirations. Drawing on case studies from Switzerland and Finland, we investigate how SLBs n…

  • Stereotyping Informs Finnish Career Counselors’ Discretion as Street-Level Integrators

    Open Access•Miika Kekki, Anne-Mari Souto•ARTICLE•Administration & Society•2025•References: 60

    This research studies the work of Finnish career counselors who support migrant students and clients. Drawing on the street-level bureaucracy approach, it investigates how stereotyping is applied as a discretionary pattern of practice in career counseling and how this informs the role of career counselors as street-level integrators. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews with career counselors from basic and secondary education and …

  • Student-Initiated Discussion Topics in Career Counselling of Adult Immigrants

    Open Access•Miika Kekki•ARTICLE•Nordic Journal of Migration…•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 16

    Through thematic analysis, this article examines how career counsellors working in an integration training programme for adult immigrants use power in their work with their counselees by influencing the content of career counselling discussions. The theoretical framework applied in this article is the non-decision-making theory by Bachrach and Baratz. This article draws on empirical data collected by video-recording career counselling discussions…

  • Student-Initiated Discussion Topics in Career Counselling of Adult Immigrants

    Open Access•Miika Kekki•ARTICLE•Nordic Journal of Migration…•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 16

    Through thematic analysis, this article examines how career counsellors working in an integration training programme for adult immigrants use power in their work with their counselees by influencing the content of career counselling discussions. The theoretical framework applied in this article is the non-decision-making theory by Bachrach and Baratz. This article draws on empirical data collected by video-recording career counselling discussions…

  • Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Aspiration Management

    Open Access•Ihssane Otmani, Miika Kekki et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 31

    This paper examines the moral dilemmas faced by street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) as they engage in aspiration management while providing integration services to migrants and refugees. European integration policies prioritise rapid employment, often directing refugees toward low‐skilled jobs, which may conflict with their higher professional and educational aspirations. Drawing on case studies from Switzerland and Finland, we investigate how SLBs n…

  • Student-Initiated Discussion Topics in Career Counselling of Adult Immigrants

    Open Access•Miika Kekki•ARTICLE•Nordic Journal of Migration…•2022•Cited by: 2•References: 16

    Through thematic analysis, this article examines how career counsellors working in an integration training programme for adult immigrants use power in their work with their counselees by influencing the content of career counselling discussions. The theoretical framework applied in this article is the non-decision-making theory by Bachrach and Baratz. This article draws on empirical data collected by video-recording career counselling discussions…

  • Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Aspiration Management

    Open Access•Ihssane Otmani, Miika Kekki et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 31

    This paper examines the moral dilemmas faced by street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) as they engage in aspiration management while providing integration services to migrants and refugees. European integration policies prioritise rapid employment, often directing refugees toward low‐skilled jobs, which may conflict with their higher professional and educational aspirations. Drawing on case studies from Switzerland and Finland, we investigate how SLBs n…

  • Stereotyping Informs Finnish Career Counselors’ Discretion as Street-Level Integrators

    Open Access•Miika Kekki, Anne-Mari Souto•ARTICLE•Administration & Society•2025•References: 60

    This research studies the work of Finnish career counselors who support migrant students and clients. Drawing on the street-level bureaucracy approach, it investigates how stereotyping is applied as a discretionary pattern of practice in career counseling and how this informs the role of career counselors as street-level integrators. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews with career counselors from basic and secondary education and …

Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Accountability (1 works) · Career Counseling (1 works) · Coping (psychology (1 works) · Family Support in Illness (1 works) · Immigration (1 works)

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