COM 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Infosys, Sexual Orientation, Foreign Direct Investment
11 Sep 2018
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Migrations tend to be geographically and occupationally patterned. European union countries-traditionally immigrant receivers; in these countries the proportion of foreign or foreign- born workers has grown. Former communist economies of eastern europe-beginning to diversify workplaces due to immigration. The gulf states-international worker migration includes those with very low and very high skill levels and with ethnic and cultural diversity. Central america (e. g. mexico) and the caribbean- a major source of worker migrants, particularly to the united states. Two trends dominate the role of immigrant workers in national economies, with different effects on workplace diversity. Trend #1: advanced economies are experiencing a need for workers to perform unskilled tasks (70% of recent migrant flows according to the world bank) Impact: this increases the overall diversity of the workforce in the receiving country, but not necessarily the diversity of its workplaces. Trend #2: highly skilled people from developing countries often migrate in search of better opportunities than their home economies can offer.
