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Covid-19 And The Policy-Induced Vulnerabilities Of Temporary Migrant Workers In Australia
Clibborn, Stephen; Wright, Chris F.Published 2020The COVID-19 crisis has starkly exposed the existing economic vulnerability of temporary migrants in many countries. In Australia, many temporary migrants, who were already at risk of marginalisation due to policies ...Open AccessArticle -
A guest-worker state? The declining power and agency of migrant labour in Australia
Wright, Chris F.; Clibborn, StephenPublished 2020This article presents an historical and comparative analysis of the bargaining power and agency conferred upon migrant workers in Australia under distinct policy regimes. Through an assessment of four criteria – residency ...Open AccessArticle -
Migrant labour and low quality work: a persistent relationship
Wright, Chris F.; Clibborn, StephenPublished 2019The marginalisation of migrants at work, especially those in industries and occupations characterised by low wages and low-skilled jobs, is a critical issue for scholarship, policy and practice. While the bulk of ...Open AccessArticle -
Using or abusing? Scrutinising employer demand for temporary sponsored skilled migrants in the Australian hospitality industry
Wright, Chris F.; Knox, Angela; Constantin, AndreeaPublished 2019This article analyses the function of temporary sponsored skilled migrants in Australian hospitality, an industry with acute difficulties attracting and retaining skilled workers. Drawing upon survey data, the findings ...Open AccessArticle -
Why recruit temporary sponsored skilled migrants? A human capital theory analysis of employer motivations in Australia
Wright, Chris F.; Constantin, AndreeaPublished 2021This article uses human capital theory to analyse employer motivations for recruiting skilled migrants on temporary sponsored visas, a group receiving limited attention within human resource management (HRM) scholarship ...Open AccessArticle
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