The designing of effective intervention tools to improve immigrants’ labor market integration remains an important topic in contemporary Western societies. This study examines whether and how a new intervention tool, Working Life Certificate (WLC), helps unemployed immigrants to find employment and strengthen their belief of their vocational skills. The study is based on quantitative longitudinal survey data from 174 unemployed immigrants of various origins who participated in the pilot phase of WLC examinations in 2009. Surveys were administered in three waves: before the test, right after it, and three months later. Although it is often argued that the unemployment among immigrants is due either to their lack of skills and cultural diff...
In recent years, there has been a steady rise in homelessness in almost all EU countries, while forc...
Detta arbete är en del av Vaikuttavat Tavat-projektet (VATA) i Vanda stad. Ämnet bo-stadslöshet vald...
This thesis delves into the principles of ownership and conditionality in development cooperation. S...
Shortage of skilled workforce is a pressing issue for many developed countries with an ageing popula...
This dissertation examines the power relations of integration and how integration policies and pract...
Abstract. This thesis discusses immigrant students’ integration process in basic education in the Fi...
Meaningful work has been an emerging research topic in the past decades for a good reason – employee...
Tässä pro gradu -tutkielmassa tarkastellaan hallinnallisuutta yksityisen yrityksen järjestämän tyött...
The study examined immigrants' attitudes towards acculturation, in other words the social and cultur...
Research in Finland in municipal/local politics, especially municipal elections, has shown that immi...
When moving to another country, one faces several borders. As the national border is crossed, one is...
Denna studie handlar om inklusion av invandrarbarn med hjälp av Näktergalen men-torsverksamhet som m...
Objectives This study aims to explore the potential connections between international workforce div...
Abstract. This Master’s thesis considers the imbalanced power relations that concern the oppressed p...
Invandring till landet och främst till huvudstadsregionen har ökat under de senaste årtiondena. Därm...
In recent years, there has been a steady rise in homelessness in almost all EU countries, while forc...
Detta arbete är en del av Vaikuttavat Tavat-projektet (VATA) i Vanda stad. Ämnet bo-stadslöshet vald...
This thesis delves into the principles of ownership and conditionality in development cooperation. S...
Shortage of skilled workforce is a pressing issue for many developed countries with an ageing popula...
This dissertation examines the power relations of integration and how integration policies and pract...
Abstract. This thesis discusses immigrant students’ integration process in basic education in the Fi...
Meaningful work has been an emerging research topic in the past decades for a good reason – employee...
Tässä pro gradu -tutkielmassa tarkastellaan hallinnallisuutta yksityisen yrityksen järjestämän tyött...
The study examined immigrants' attitudes towards acculturation, in other words the social and cultur...
Research in Finland in municipal/local politics, especially municipal elections, has shown that immi...
When moving to another country, one faces several borders. As the national border is crossed, one is...
Denna studie handlar om inklusion av invandrarbarn med hjälp av Näktergalen men-torsverksamhet som m...
Objectives This study aims to explore the potential connections between international workforce div...
Abstract. This Master’s thesis considers the imbalanced power relations that concern the oppressed p...
Invandring till landet och främst till huvudstadsregionen har ökat under de senaste årtiondena. Därm...
In recent years, there has been a steady rise in homelessness in almost all EU countries, while forc...
Detta arbete är en del av Vaikuttavat Tavat-projektet (VATA) i Vanda stad. Ämnet bo-stadslöshet vald...
This thesis delves into the principles of ownership and conditionality in development cooperation. S...