“How Long Are You Gonna Stay?” Implications of Residents’ Perceptions of Refugees’ Occupational Future Time Perspective in Receiving Countries ["How Long Are You Gonna Stay?" Die Auswirkungen der Wahrnehmung der beruflichen Zukunftsperspektive von Flüchtlingen in den Aufnahmeländern durch die Einheimischen]

Niemann, Lena; Naudascher, Hanna; Kuyumcu, Umay; Hertel, Guido

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

Occupational work is a cornerstone for refugees’ integration in a receiving country, and residents’ perceptions of refugees is a key factor in this process. As compared to migrants in general, refugee migrants have been forced to leave their home country, which should have multiple implications for their integration in receiving countries. In the current study, we investigated whether residents’ perception of migration forcedness affects their expectations about migrants’ occupational future time perspectives (OFTP) in the receiving country, which in turn should correspond to expectations about migrants’ occupational integration efforts. We tested our hypotheses in a preregistered online experiment with N = 190 working adults in Germany (71% women; age: M = 50.26, SD = 10.78). The results confirmed the hypothesized negative relation between perceived migration forcedness and expected OFTP, the hypothesized positive relation between expected OFTP and expected occupational integration efforts, and the hypothesized mediation mechanism of expected OFTP. Overall, our results demonstrate that residents’ perception of migration forcedness and related OFTP are relevant processes that affect the integration of migrants into the labor market of receiving countries.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftJournal of International Migration and Integration
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume25
Seitenbereich1423-1443
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2024
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
DOI10.1007/s12134-024-01117-0
Link zum Volltexthttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-024-01117-0#citeas
StichwörterForced migration; Immigrants; Receiving country residents; Occupational integration; Perceived occupational future time perspective; Socioemotional selectivity theory

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Hertel, Guido
Professur für Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie (Prof. Hertel)
Niemann, Lena
Professur für Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie (Prof. Hertel)