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Company Employment Policies and Practices in the use of Immigrant Linguistic and Cultural Studies

Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies

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Title Company Employment Policies and Practices in the use of Immigrant Linguistic and Cultural Studies
 
Creator Watts, Noel
Trlin, Andrew
 
Subject immigrants, employment policies, language, culture exporting, tourism
 
Description In recent years New Zealand’s immigration policy has placed an emphasis on increasing human capital through encouraging well qualified immigrants to settle in New Zealand. Apart from the qualifications and work skills that immigrants bring from their countries of origin, they also possess, in many cases, proficiency in other languages as well as an understanding of other cultures. To what extent are these linguistic and cultural resources utilised in New Zealand employment? This paper examines the policies and practices of companies engaged in the international business sector to determine the factors that influence effective use of this pool of expertise. The paper draws upon the findings of a survey of companies involved primarily in exporting and tourism, as well as follow-up interviews with selected companies. On the basis of this study, best practice features in the use of immigrant linguistic and cultural resources are identified.
 
Publisher Victoria University of Wellington
 
Date 1998-11-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/1022
10.26686/lew.v0i0.1022
 
Source Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand; 1998: Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand
2463-2600
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/LEW/article/view/1022/833