Making Critical Sense of Immigrant Experience

A Case Study of Hong Kong Chinese in Canada

Business & Finance, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Making Critical Sense of Immigrant Experience by Rosalie K.S. Hilde, Emerald Publishing Limited
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rosalie K.S. Hilde ISBN: 9781787436749
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Publication: November 21, 2017
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited Language: English
Author: Rosalie K.S. Hilde
ISBN: 9781787436749
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication: November 21, 2017
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Language: English

This book showcases a critical sensemaking (CSM) study of how professional immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada make sense of their workplace experiences, and what this can tell us about why a substantial number leave in their first year in Canada. An analysis of the interviews demonstrates that immigrants’ identities are grounded by contextual sensemaking elements. Data show that informants have accepted unchallenged assumptions: (1) that the government is providing help for them to “get in” the workplace; and (2) that the ethnic service organizations are offering positive guidance to their workplace opportunities. At the organizational level, a master discourse emphasizing integration has mediated immigrants’ struggles. Within these frustrations, many have internalized a hidden discourse of inadequate or deficient selves and adopted a sacrificial position to maintain a positive sense of identity.

The study concludes that a critical sensemaking approach allows greater insights into immigration processes than realist surveys, which tend to impose a pre-packaged sense of the immigrant experience. Through critical sensemaking, readers are encouraged to rethink the current role of ethnic service organizations in the immigration system.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book showcases a critical sensemaking (CSM) study of how professional immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada make sense of their workplace experiences, and what this can tell us about why a substantial number leave in their first year in Canada. An analysis of the interviews demonstrates that immigrants’ identities are grounded by contextual sensemaking elements. Data show that informants have accepted unchallenged assumptions: (1) that the government is providing help for them to “get in” the workplace; and (2) that the ethnic service organizations are offering positive guidance to their workplace opportunities. At the organizational level, a master discourse emphasizing integration has mediated immigrants’ struggles. Within these frustrations, many have internalized a hidden discourse of inadequate or deficient selves and adopted a sacrificial position to maintain a positive sense of identity.

The study concludes that a critical sensemaking approach allows greater insights into immigration processes than realist surveys, which tend to impose a pre-packaged sense of the immigrant experience. Through critical sensemaking, readers are encouraged to rethink the current role of ethnic service organizations in the immigration system.

More books from Emerald Publishing Limited

Cover of the book European Public Leadership in Crisis? by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Risk and Conflicts by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Contributions from European Symbolic Interactionists by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Perspectives on and from Institutional Ethnography by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Internet+ and Electronic Business in China by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Ethics in Social Research by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Ethics, Values and Civil Society by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Managing Reality by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Mastering Business for Strategic Communicators by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Strategic Business Models by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book The Development of Socialism, Social Democracy and Communism by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Chinese Railways in the Era of High Speed by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
Cover of the book Freight Transport Modelling by Rosalie K.S. Hilde
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy