International Journal of Manpower: Volume 30 Issue 5

Migrant workers, migrant work, public policy and human resource management

Julia Connell, John Burgess

The purpose of this paper is to outline some of the key issues related to migrant workers, work, public policy and HRM while introducing the five articles included in the special…

Worker centers: defending labor standards for migrant workers in the informal economy

Nik Theodore, Abel Valenzuela, Edwin Meléndez

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of day labor worker centers in improving wages and working conditions of migrant casual workers in the USA.

Employers' use of low‐skilled migrant workers: Assessing the implications for human resource management

Chris Forde, Robert MacKenzie

The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications for HRM of employers' use of migrants in low‐skilled work in a UK‐based firm. Is the use of migrant workers for low…

Safeguarding the global contingent workforce? Guestworkers in Australia

Stefanie Toh, Michael Quinlan

The purpose of this paper is to examine occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers' compensation legal entitlements and policy issues raised by the use of foreign temporary…

Career success of immigrant professionals: stock and flow of their career capital

Tony Fang, Jelena Zikic, Milorad M. Novicevic

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the interplay between individual and organizational human capital investments may impact on immigrant career success

Return migrant status and employment in Finland

Jan Saarela, Fjalar Finnäs

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative employment levels of return migrants in Finland with regard to their re‐adaptation into the labour market.