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Mobilities of the Highly Skilled Towards Switzerland : The Role of Intermediaries in Defining Wanted Immigrants.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandoz, Laure.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IMISCOE Research Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Mobilities of the Highly Skilled towards Switzerland
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Reflections on Highly Skilled Migration
  • 1.1.1 Who Are the Migrants?
  • 1.1.2 Who Are the Highly Skilled?
  • 1.1.3 How to Evaluate Skills?
  • 1.1.4 Who Are the Migration Intermediaries?
  • 1.1.5 Why Study Highly Skilled Migrants in Switzerland?
  • 1.2 Methods for Grasping the Diversity of Mobility Pathways
  • 1.2.1 Research Design
  • 1.2.2 Para-Ethnographic Experiments
  • 1.2.3 Research Locations
  • 1.2.4 Data Collection and Analysis
  • Recorded Interviews
  • Observations
  • Documents
  • Survey
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Selecting Foreigners for the Labour Market
  • 2.1 Swiss Admission Rules
  • 2.1.1 Historical Background
  • A Transforming Context
  • Cultural Proximity and Qualifications
  • EU versus Third Countries
  • 2.1.2 Legal Definitions
  • 2.1.3 The Symbolic Value of the Swiss Quota System
  • 2.2 The Admission Process in Practice
  • 2.2.1 The Authorities' Discretionary Power
  • 2.2.2 The Practical Meanings of "Economic Interests"
  • 2.2.3 Strategies of Employers for Overcoming Administrative Barriers
  • 2.2.4 Portrait: Administrative Obstacles for a Brazilian Engineer
  • 2.3 Highly Skilled or Highly Wanted Migrants?
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Creating Attractive Places
  • 3.1 Attracting Companies Through Economic Promotion
  • 3.1.1 Place-Branding in the "Greater Geneva Bern Area"
  • 3.1.2 Targets of Economic Promotion
  • 3.2 Retaining "Wanted Immigrants"
  • 3.2.1 Integration Services in Basel and Vaud
  • 3.2.2 Negotiating Migrant Status
  • 3.2.3 Portrait: The Political Engagement of an American Woman
  • 3.3 A Neoliberal State?
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Displacing Workers Between Companies
  • 4.1 International Headhunters and Relocation Agents.
  • 4.1.1 Headhunters: Finding the Right Person
  • Negotiating a Candidate's Value
  • Analysing Personality
  • 4.1.2 Relocation Agents: Motivating People to Move
  • Constructing Smooth Relocations and Status
  • Retaining Valuable Employees by Taking Care of Their Families
  • 4.1.3 Portrait: The Job Search Experiences of a Colombian Couple
  • 4.2 Allocating Experts to Projects: The Case of Management Consultants
  • 4.2.1 Constructing an Elite Status
  • 4.2.2 Portrait: The Early Career of a Management Consultant
  • 4.2.3 Recruiting Consultants
  • 4.2.4 Providing Flexible Labour
  • 4.2.5 Managing Mobility Infrastructures
  • 4.2.6 The Mechanisms of Outsourcing
  • 4.3 Mobility as the New Norm?
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Unequal Access to Support and Privileges
  • 5.1 A Statistical Approach to Relocation Support
  • 5.1.1 Important Variables
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Nationality
  • Professional Sector
  • 5.1.2 The Preferences of Employers
  • 5.1.3 The Mechanisms of Inequality
  • 5.2 A Migration Channel Approach to Privileges
  • 5.2.1 Channelling Privileges
  • 5.2.2 The Family-Oriented Channel
  • 5.2.3 The Company-Oriented Channel
  • 5.2.4 The Study-Oriented Channel
  • 5.2.5 The Protection-Oriented Channel
  • 5.2.6 Portrait: The Struggles of an Eritrean Man Towards Family Reunification
  • 5.3 Brain Gain or Body Shopping?
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion
  • References.

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