"She doesn't want to lose me": Experience of university-educated immigrants from the Philippines of communication and adaptation in the Icelandic labor market

• Main Authors: Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S., Christiansen, Þóra H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: School of Social Sciences 2023
• Subjects: samskipti; menningarmunur; Filippseyingar; innflytjendur; aðlögun/samþætting; communication; cultural differences; Filipinos; immigrants; integration; Kalla; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3896

The number of immigrants from the Philippines in Iceland has more than quadrupled in the past two decades. They are a visible minority in Iceland and their ethnicity, race, and nationality influences how they experience their position in the Icelandic labor market. In-depth interviews were conducted...