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Attitudes toward work: Ethnic minorities and immigrant groups in Vancouver

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A previous study indicated that labour market managers in Vancouver harbour stereotypes about work attitudes among ethnic minority immigrants. This current paper presents a companion piece to this earlier study and examines the actual work attitudes among immigrants. The results of a survey, consisting of 509 personal interviews in three neighbourhoods in Greater Vancouver, reveal that perceived and actual work attitudes do not always match. In addition, immigrant class explains some of the ethnicity effects.

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Une étude antérieure a indiqué que les directeure du marché du travail à Vancouver entretiennent des stéréotypes sur les attitudes face au travail qu’ont les immigrants membres d’une minorité ethnique. Le présent article se veut complémentaire à cette étude précédente en portant sur les attitudes qu’ont véritablement les immigrants face au travail. Les résultats d’une enquête comprenant 509 entrevues personnelles entreprises dans trois quartiers de la région métropolitaine de Vancouver révèlent qu’il y a parfois un décalage entre la perception et la réalité quant aux attitudes face au travail. De plus, la catégorie d’immigrants joue un rôle déterminant dans certains des effets liés à l’ethnicité.

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Bauder, H. Attitudes toward work: Ethnic minorities and immigrant groups in Vancouver. Int. Migration & Integration 6, 125–150 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-005-1005-6

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