The Impact of Corporations on the Settlement of Migrant Workers

Koreans in Alabama, USA

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3666596
AutoresEunbi Kim (0000-0002-4360-3042, North-West State Technical University, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume41
Fascículo1
Páginas138-157
Data de publicação2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2014.956710
OpenAlexW2042375286
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas38

In this article, I examine how the short-term and long-term settlement patterns of South Korean migrant workers differ by their migration mechanisms: corporate driven or individual driven. Using 42 in-depth interviews conducted in Alabama in the USA from June 2012 to January 2014, I find that the migrants have different experiences throughout their settlement depending on their corporate contexts of migration. The findings suggest that corporate-driven migrants have a better set-up in the first place due to organisational assistance while individual-driven migrants are more susceptible to various problems. Such disparities continue to have impacts on the migrants' life trajectories in the long run. This indicates that to what extent the employers are involved in the migration and settlement processes and the way in which they treat the workers can create inequalities among migrant workers

Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Migrant workers · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy