you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland
There is a growing need for highly skilled employees in the Icelandic labor market which will increasingly need to be filled by highly skilled immigrants. Despite offering knowledge and skills that are in demand, there are indications that these immigrants are facing barriers when it comes to compen...
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ftjicc:oai:ojs2.immi.com:article/739 2023-12-10T09:49:53+01:00 you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland Kristjansdottir, Erla S. Christiansen, Thora 2017-07-10 application/pdf https://www.immi.se/intercultural/article/view/Kristjansdottir-2017-2 https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v17i2.739 eng eng Immigrant Institute https://www.immi.se/intercultural/article/view/Kristjansdottir-2017-2/787 https://www.immi.se/intercultural/article/view/Kristjansdottir-2017-2 doi:10.36923/jicc.v17i2.739 Copyright (c) 2017 Erla S. Kristjansdottir, Thora Christiansen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Journal of Intercultural Communication; Vol. 17 No. 2 (2017); 1-14 1404-1634 Immigrants communication highly skilled negotiation position Icelandic devaluation social capital network Comm info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftjicc https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v17i2.739 2023-11-15T23:38:45Z There is a growing need for highly skilled employees in the Icelandic labor market which will increasingly need to be filled by highly skilled immigrants. Despite offering knowledge and skills that are in demand, there are indications that these immigrants are facing barriers when it comes to compensation, opportunities and promotions. The study seeks to explore how highly skilled immigrants in Iceland experience their negotiation opportunities, their negotiation position and communication with their employers. Twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with immigrants from other European countries. The interviews were analyzed and interpreted according to phenomenological methodology. Four themes emerged in respondents’ perception; Icelandic, “accent free,” “you have to face the fact that you´re a foreigner…” “everybody has this little kind of kingdom…” and feeling of never being good enough. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Journal of Intercultural Communication (JICC) Journal of Intercultural Communication 17 2 1 14 |
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There is a growing need for highly skilled employees in the Icelandic labor market which will increasingly need to be filled by highly skilled immigrants. Despite offering knowledge and skills that are in demand, there are indications that these immigrants are facing barriers when it comes to compensation, opportunities and promotions. The study seeks to explore how highly skilled immigrants in Iceland experience their negotiation opportunities, their negotiation position and communication with their employers. Twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with immigrants from other European countries. The interviews were analyzed and interpreted according to phenomenological methodology. Four themes emerged in respondents’ perception; Icelandic, “accent free,” “you have to face the fact that you´re a foreigner…” “everybody has this little kind of kingdom…” and feeling of never being good enough. |
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you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland |
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you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland |
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you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland |
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you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland |
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you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: Immigrants’ Lived Experience of Communication and Negotiation Position Toward their Employer in Iceland |
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you have to face the fact that you're a foreigner: immigrants’ lived experience of communication and negotiation position toward their employer in iceland |
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