Helen Spencer-Oatey – Page 4 – GlobalPeople Consulting

Highly skilled migrants and underemployment

Why do highly skilled migrants encounter difficulties in obtaining a skilled job? How willing are organisations to recruit highly skilled migrants? These are two of the questions that Annette Risberg and Laurence Romani have explored in a recent study. They shift the focus away from analysing the skills and characteristics of the migrants (i.e. a deficit, individual-level approach) and instead explore the attitudes of recruiting organisations and ask “why do organizations underemploy highly skilled migrants?”

What is Rapport?

The term ‘Rapport’ is widely used in different fields and is typically regarded as extremely important for interactional ‘success’. Yet there is little sharing across disciplines and minimal integration. This compilation of quotations presents the range of understandings of rapport that exists in different disciplines, organising them under common themes.

What is Culture?

This ‘core concept’ paper is a compilation of quotations from many different authors who have written about culture. It is organised to provide a framework for understanding and exploring the topic from an intercultural perspective. It covers the following aspects: 1. Definitions of culture; 2: Key characteristics of culture (14 of them!); 3: Inadequate conceptions of culture; 4: Levels of analysis and fallacies to avoid; 5: Culture and related terms; 6: Culture and identity.

Promoting Inclusive Relations, Diversity Appreciation & Achievement through a Norm Theory Approach

Diversity workshops are widely used to help foster positive relationships between members of different social groups, yet questions have been raised about their efficacy. A different approach, based on norm theory, was found to be a very successful alternative, according to research by Murrar and colleagues.

Leader Rapport Management & Team Member Engagement

Professor Kim Sydow Campbell has conducted a range of research studies over the years on Leader Rapport Management. In her recently published co-authored study, she explores its impact on social loafing in student teams (i.e. not participating actively) and also examines the potential influence of some intermediary factors.