Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2018 11 (11)

Authors

Voloshin, Andrej A.

Contact information

Voloshin, Andrej A.: Irkutsk State University 1 Karl Marx Str., Irkutsk, 664003, Russia;

Keywords

labour migration; China; recruitment; Chinese migrants; economy; Irkutsk region

Abstract

The article is devoted to Chinese labour migrants in the construction sector of the Irkutsk region. The main purpose of the article is to show how the recruitment of Chinese workers at the Irkutsk construction sites takes place, who comes there and for what reasons. The article includes detailed consideration of two construction projects. The article focuses on two fundamentally different models. One of the largest construction companies of Irkutsk was chosen as the first object of research, a dynamically developing company that has extensive experience in attracting foreign labour. The task of the second example (case study) is to show the difference of approaches taken when choosing ways of recruiting workers. The material for the study was a series of author’s interviews, personal observations supplemented by materials from the Internet

Pages

1805-1815

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/109129

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