Abstract
The decision to immigrate from one country to another often involves considerations about work and family. Despite this and the reality that over 200 million individuals migrate globally, the work and family literature is largely silent about immigrants. This chapter seeks to motivate systematic research on immigrants’ work and family experiences. The chapter opens by characterizing global patterns of international migration, and emphasizing that immigrants are a meaningful segment of the labor force in developed countries like the United States. It then illustrates how immigrants’ work and family experiences are shaped by the laws governing legal entrance into a host country. The main body summarizes what is known about immigrants’ work and family experiences. Finally, a theoretically-informed conceptual framework is outlined and a high priority research agenda is described for advancing understanding of immigrants’ work and family experiences and for designing solutions that benefit immigrants, their families, and employers.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 454-478 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108235556 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108415972 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- General Business, Management and Accounting