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Job quality of refugees in Austria: Trade-offs between multiple workplace characteristics
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Abstract Do employers tend to exploit refugees or do they offer them high-quality jobs? This article examines the job quality of refugees from Afghanistan and Syria working in Austria. It uses unique survey data of 316 refugees and cluster analysis to identify job quality profiles. Drawing on well-establishe... view more
Do employers tend to exploit refugees or do they offer them high-quality jobs? This article examines the job quality of refugees from Afghanistan and Syria working in Austria. It uses unique survey data of 316 refugees and cluster analysis to identify job quality profiles. Drawing on well-established job quality frameworks, it considers multiple dimensions of job quality, including pay, job security, overqualification in terms of level and content area, learning opportunities, at-home feeling and health aspects. The findings reveal four job quality profiles with considerable trade-offs or compromises between job quality dimensions. Furthermore, the job quality profiles are associated with the methods refugees use to find a job. The study enhances understanding of labour market integration of refugees and the associated role of human resource management.... view less
Keywords
refugee; labor market; occupational integration; job; quality; working conditions; on-the-job safety; wage; over qualification; job search; human resource management; Austria
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Human Resources Management
Free Keywords
employer engagement; job quality; job search methods; European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS); European Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS); German refugee survey (IAB-BAMF-SOEP)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 418-442
Journal
German Journal of Human Resource Management, 34 (2020) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2397002220914224
ISSN
2397-0030
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed