Culture at work: Polish migrants in the ethnic division of labour on Norwegian construction sites

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1914-1933

  Friberg, Jon Horgen ^a  

^a Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Ethnic division of labour; Labour market segmentation; Polish migrants

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER;

NORWAY; POLAND;

EID: 84899590325     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.605456     Document Type: Article

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