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Migrant workers on temporary 457 visas working in A ustralia: implications for human resource management
Author(s) -
Bahn Susanne
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7941.12018
Subject(s) - business , economic shortage , migrant workers , human resources , human resource management , order (exchange) , economic growth , sample (material) , labour economics , management , economics , finance , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , government (linguistics)
In this paper data was collected in 2012 for a study concerning the employment of skilled workers on temporary 457 visas in the W estern A ustralian resources sector. While workers came from numerous countries in order to meet the sector's skill shortages, issues relating to workers from the P hilippines were prominent due to the difficulties they reported. These difficulties included: skill recognition; workplace and community integration challenges, and deficiencies in their family members' E nglish language ability. The experiences of workers on 457 visas from other countries are compared with those of workers from the P hilippines. Interviews with key stakeholders from a sample of resource sector firms that employ F ilipino workers on 457 visas and agencies that support their integration are also reported. The purpose of the paper is to highlight the HRM implications of employing migrant workers on 457 visas, especially Filipino workers, to facilitate successfully adaption to A ustralian workplace culture.