Integration of Highly Skilled Migrants in the Workplace: a Multi-level Framework

Abstract This article combines literatures on immigrant integration and migration intermediaries to add a skilled perspective theories of integration. Using case study foreign-born engineers in the Norwegian oil gas industry, we develop multi-level conceptual framework actors that are involved engineers. We identified through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with human resource managers, workers, other actors. The is intended as tool move beyond single-level, unidirectional studies provide more in-depth understanding highly migrants workplace. find state fail assist long-term for migrants. Instead, private voluntary information about work regulations working life. In addition, employers coworkers play an important role also can be agents they “scale up” initiatives higher levels decision-making.