Job Market Perceptions of African Migrant Women in South Africa as an Initial and Long-Term Coping and Adaptation Mechanism

This article assessed job market perceptions of African migrant women in South Africa as an initial and long-term coping and adaptation mechanism using a survey data, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance and Pearson’s chi-square. A questionnaire was used to collect data on demographic, socio-economi...

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Vydané v:Journal of international migration and integration Ročník 21; číslo 4; s. 1165 - 1185
Hlavní autori: Ncube, A., Bahta, Yonas T., Jordaan, A. J.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Predmet:
Adaptation
Coping
Data collection
Demographics
Demography
Displaced persons
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economics
Education work relationship
Educational systems
Employment
Human capital
Humanitarianism
Labor market
Learning
Livelihood
Markets
Migrants
Migration
Occupational qualifications
Occupations
Ownership
Perceptions
Population Economics
Questionnaires
Social networks
Social Sciences
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Sociology
Survival
Sustainable livelihood
Trends
Women
Work skills
South Africa
Sustainable livelihood framework
Job perception
Initial and long-term coping and adaptation mechanisms
ISSN:1488-3473, 1874-6365
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Shrnutí:This article assessed job market perceptions of African migrant women in South Africa as an initial and long-term coping and adaptation mechanism using a survey data, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance and Pearson’s chi-square. A questionnaire was used to collect data on demographic, socio-economic characteristics and socio-economic coping and adaptation mechanisms. Family, entrepreneurial, employment and humanitarian support was identified as coping mechanisms using the Sustainable Livelihood Framework. The results found that migrant women perceived the job market as conducive to employment. Strict labour polices in South Africa, however, forced migrant women to create jobs and to take any available job by deskilling their qualifications. The demographics, socio-economic characteristics and initial and long-term survival mechanisms played significant roles in the coping and adaptation mechanisms. The study recommends that the government clarify policies on business ownership of migrants in order to avoid conflicts. This could be done by providing more opportunities through good and relevant education systems and proactively learning from other countries who have managed to create valuable human capital bases.
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ISSN:1488-3473
1874-6365
DOI:10.1007/s12134-019-00704-w