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En kvalitativ studie om att återetablera sin karriär med framgång i ett nytt land
The study has examined how some immigrants have managed to reestablish their professional careers in Sweden. Through in-depth-interviewing with six immigrant informants representing different genders, age and professional experience the process of successfully reestablishing a career within the same professional area in Sweden as in their native country is examined.The study looked at structural and individual possibilities and obstacles which affected the individual. In addition the study looked at the personal characteristics and strategies used by the informants to overcome and succeed in adapting and reestablishing their working life. The study has drawn on human capital and social capital theory for a basic understanding of how education and skills affect. In addition the informants have surpassed structural barriers affecting many other immigrants. Firstly it is suggested that we need to look at how transitions, such as migration, affect different people. Secondly the theoretical concepts of self-efficacy and human agency are also proposed as important to understand more about the factors involved when immigrants try to reestablish themselves successfully in working life in a new country.