The role of language skills in the settling-in process - experiences of highly skilled migrants' accompanying partners in Germany and the UK
The role of language skills in the settling-in process - experiences of highly skilled migrants' accompanying partners in Germany and the UK
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10.1080/1369183x.2017.1314596
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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3.3
通讯作者：
Imani, Daniela
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作者：
Foebker, Stefanie;Imani, Daniela
家庭在高技能移徙者国际移徙中的作用往往被忽视。高技能移徙劳工在国外找到具体工作，并通过工作地点在结构上融入新环境。相反，家庭成员的移徙受到不同条件的限制，因为大多数随行伙伴最初并不工作。然而，陪伴伴侣被描述为整个家庭安顿过程的管理者[杨，布伦达和凯蒂威利斯。2004.在跨国空间中构建男性气质：新加坡男性在区域节拍中。《跨国空间》，彼得·杰克逊、菲利普·克朗和克莱尔·德怀尔编辑，第147-163页。伦敦：伦敦]和他们的经验可以是至关重要的，为他们逗留的时间。本文探讨了德国和英国高技术移民随迁伙伴在定居过程中的策略和做法。主要重点是语言的作用、建立新的社交网络和参与劳动力市场。本文借鉴了资本积累和转换的概念[布迪厄，皮埃尔。1986.资本的形式。《教育：文化、经济与社会》，阿尔伯特·亨利·哈尔西编，第46-58页。纽约：牛津大学出版社]，并询问合作伙伴如何利用他们的文化资本的语言后，移民。本文基于德国和英国的实证研究，重点关注高技能专业人员及其家庭的移民和定居过程。
The role of the family in the international migration of highly skilled migrants has often been disregarded. Highly skilled labour migrants follow a concrete job offer abroad and are structurally integrated into the new environment through the work place. On the contrary, the migration of family members is subject to different conditions since most accompanying partners initially do not work. However, accompanying partners are described as managers of the settling-in process of the whole family [Yeoh, Brenda, and Katie Willis. 2004. Constructing Masculinities in Transnational Space: Singapore Men on the Regional Beat'. In Transnational Spaces, edited by Peter Jackson, Philip Crang, and Claire Dwyer, 147-163. London: Routledge] and their experiences can be crucial for the duration of their stay. Our paper explores the experiences of mobility of highly skilled migrants' accompanying partners in Germany and in the UK with regard to their strategies and practices during the settling-in process. The main focus is on the role of language, the establishment of new social networks and labour market participation. The paper draws on the concept of capital accumulation and conversion [Bourdieu, Pierre. 1986. The Forms of Capital. In Education: Culture, Economy, and Society, edited by Albert Henry Halsey, 46-58. NewYork: Oxford University Press] and asks how partners make use of their cultural capital language after migration. Our paper is based on empirical studies in Germany and in the UK, which focus on the migration and settling-in processes of highly skilled professionals and their families.