WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TOO: The narrative experience of immigrants with career qualifications and their acceptance into the Icelandic labor market

• Main Author: Renner, Margo, 1953-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Náms- og starfsráðgjöf; Innflytjendur; Hæfni; Starfsmenntun; Vinnumarkaður; Varpa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/4198

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the experiences of professionally educated individuals who have immigrated to Iceland and their subsequent accounts of obtaining recognition and validation for their educational degrees and career experience. Qualitative methods were used to acquire an u...