Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Chinese Migrants in the Construction Business of the Irkutsk Region: Formal and Informal Organization of Work

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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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