Author Identifier (ORCID)
Uma Jogulu: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2642-0161
Maggie McAlinden: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-6371
Abstract
The Australian Permanent Migration Program and related settlement services have been critical to Australia's success as a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation. However, emerging research has revealed that this success may come with a high price for as many as one in four skilled migrants who find themselves employed beneath their level of education, expertise and experience, which we define as underemployment. We designed a study that sought to understand the settlement experiences of 36 Asia-Pacific-skilled migrants working as managers. Incorporating Spivak's concepts of subalternity, othering and alterity as a theoretical framework, our analysis uncovered how migrant identity intersected with the linguistic prejudice and othering that arose in migrants' everyday interactions with coworkers and employers. We found that the skilled migrants experienced linguistic prejudice and discrimination despite their high levels of English language proficiency.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
8-1-2025
Volume
63
Issue
4
Publisher
Wiley
School
School of Business and Law / School of Education
Funders
Australian Research Council
Grant Number
ARC Number : DP1092722
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Jogulu, U., McAlinden, M., Parris, M. A., & Mutum, J. (2025). Skilled migrants’ experiences of othering, alterity and language policing. International Migration, 63(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70074