Refugees' career capital welcome? Afghan and Syrian refugee job seekers in Austria

This study explores how refugees relocate, acquire, and convert cultural, social, and economic capital when entering the Austrian labor market. Drawing on Bourdieu's theory of practice, we conducted 35 semi-structured interviews with Afghan and Syrian refugee job seekers to investigate how the...

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Published in:Journal of vocational behavior 2018-04, Vol.105, p.31-45
Main Authors: Eggenhofer-Rehart, Petra M., Latzke, Markus, Pernkopf, Katharina, Zellhofer, Dominik, Mayrhofer, Wolfgang, Steyrer, Johannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bourdieu
Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002)
Career
Careers
Cultural capital
Economic integration
Employment
Job hunting
Labor market
Labor market entry
Market integration
Occupations
Portfolios
Proactivity
Professional identity
Refugee
Refugees
Rules
Social capital
Social integration
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