Ethnic Organizations and Adaptation: A Case Study of Indian Immigrant Engineers in the US
Ethnic Organizations and Adaptation: A Case Study of Indian Immigrant Engineers in the US
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民族组织与适应：美国印度移民工程师的案例研究
DOI：
10.1163/15691497-12341598
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发表时间：
2021
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0.3
通讯作者：
Noor, Zeeshan
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作者：
Sabharwal, Meghna;Varma, Roli;Noor, Zeeshan
美国在其历史上见证了移民浪潮，目前的移民政策受到林登·约翰逊总统1965年颁布的改革的监管。移民现在来自世界各地，中国和印度在科学和工程（S&E）领域提供了最多的移民。尽管美国被视为相当成功地应对了来自欧洲的移民，但亚洲移民的情况并非如此。长期以来，同化理论家一直认为亚洲移民在适应美国文化和生活方式方面存在问题;相比之下，多元文化理论家则对亚洲移民带来的文化多样性表示欢迎。族裔组织在亚裔移民适应和融入美国的过程中可以发挥不可或缺的作用。利用40个在美国科技公司工作的印度移民工程师的深度访谈，本研究探讨他们是否属于种族协会。如果是，为什么他们觉得有必要加入这些协会？如果否，原因为何？它进一步阐明了他们加入这类协会的必要性。研究结果表明，印度人对加入社团的需求随其生活阶段的不同而不同，这可以被描绘成一条U形曲线。
The United States has witnessed waves of immigration throughout its history, with the current immigration policies regulated by the reforms enacted under President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. Immigrants now come from all over the world, with China and India supplying the largest numbers in science and engineering (S&E) fields. Although the US is seen as coping rather successfully with immigration from Europe, that is not the case with Asian immigration. Assimilation theorists have long argued that Asian immigrants face problems in adapting to the American culture and lifestyles; in contrast, multicultural theorists have hailed cultural diversity brought by Asian immigrants. Ethnic organizations can play an integral role in Asian immigrants’ adaptation and integration in the United States. Utilizing 40 in-depth interviews of Indian immigrant engineers working in the US technology companies, the present study examines if they belong to ethnic associations. If yes, why do they feel a need to belong to these associations? If no, why not? It further sheds light on their need to belong to such associations. The findings show that the need to belong to Indian associations varied with the stage of their lives, which can be depicted as a U-shaped curve.