A global labor market: Factors motivating the sponsorship and temporary migration of skilled workers to Australia

International Migration Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 480-510

  Khoo, Siew Ean ^a   Mcdonald, Peter ^a   Voigt graf, Carmen ^b   Hugo, Graeme ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; RECRUITMENT; SKILLED LABOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34250321703     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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