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A Bourdieuian Analysis of Job Search Experiences of Immigrants in Canada

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  • Guliz Akkaymak

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Drawing on qualitative interviews, this paper examines the labour market integration experiences of immigrants from Turkey to Canada. Analysis is framed in the context of Bourdieu’s theoretical framework in order to understand the ways in which members of certain immigrant groups follow varied integration trajectories. This paper contributes to the literature by first focusing on the experiences of immigrants who arrived with varied levels of education and under different immigration classes, settling in diverse segments of the labour market and, second, by exploring strategies developed to deal with job search challenges. The findings show that capital and habitus travelled with participants from Turkey and that the intersection of their immigration status with the set of written and unwritten rules of the Canadian labour market and its subfields (both professional and non-professional) shaped their integration experiences.

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  • Guliz Akkaymak, 2017. "A Bourdieuian Analysis of Job Search Experiences of Immigrants in Canada," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 657-674, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joimai:v:18:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s12134-016-0490-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s12134-016-0490-0
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