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Indian high-skilled labor migrants in Sweden - A study about social integration, interpersonal communication and national identification
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS).
2018 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This research aims to understand the extent to which integration among Indian highskilled labor migrants in the Swedish society has occurred. The study takes it stance from the following research field: Social integration, interpersonal communication and national identification. These three research fields are assembled into a model used to analyze the empirical data. As a method, nine semi-structured interviews are used with ten Indian national interviewees in total. The Interviews are conducted in the southern part of Sweden in three different cities, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg. Core findings show proof of employment as a central part in integration. Other findings show lack of Swedish language as an issue for better social integration; low levels of interpersonal communication between the interviewees and other social groups in Sweden which leads to low levels of Swedish national identification. In the discussion, the study stresses the importance of: communication between social groups in order to have better integration; time as an important factor for integration and the need of mutual accommodation between social groups in a pluralistic society like Sweden, to improve levels of integration.

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Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle , 2018. , p. 76
Keywords [en]
Social integration, Interpersonal communication, National identification, Globalization, Labor migration
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21691Local ID: 26174OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-21691DiVA, id: diva2:1481599
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KS K3 Communication for development
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