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Exploring career advantages of highly skilled migrants : a study of Indian academics in the UK
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Fernando, Dulini and Cohen, Laurie (2015) Exploring career advantages of highly skilled migrants : a study of Indian academics in the UK. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27 (12). pp. 1277-1298. doi:10.1080/09585192.2015.1072101 ISSN 0958-5192.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1072101
Abstract
We draw on Bourdieu's theory of practice to examine a group of Indian academics' accounts of their careers in a research-intensive university. Using the concepts of habitus and capital, we argue that international staff are very well placed to craft a career in the increasingly market driven UK academic context, challenging the discourse of disadvantage associated with the careers of international academics as well as other highly skilled migrants. Central in our analysis is the transferability of capitals between different fields and the importance of understanding capital as part of the multiple fields that agents belong to. However, drawing attention to the changing rules of the research-intensive university system, we also suggest that these academics' career trajectory may not continue to yield positive results.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The International Journal of Human Resource Management | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 0958-5192 | ||||
Official Date: | 21 August 2015 | ||||
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Volume: | 27 | ||||
Number: | 12 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1277-1298 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09585192.2015.1072101 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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