Beyond "entry-level" jobs: Immigrant women and non-regulated professional occupations

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-206

  McCoy, Liza ^a   Masuch, Cristi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment; Immigrant women; Institutional ethnography

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38849155700     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-007-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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