Assimilation and exclusion of foreign trained engineers in Canada: Inside a professional regulatory organization

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-53

  Girard, Erik R ^a   Bauder, Harald ^b  

^a University of Guelph ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34247604536     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2007.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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