Making Sense of Immigrant Work Integration: An Organizing Framework (International Marketing and Management Research)

Acknowledgments
Contents
1 Immigrant Work Integration: A Wicked Problem
	1.1 Immigrants
	1.2 Theoretical Approach
		1.2.1 Sensemaking and Immigrant Work Integration
	1.3 Our Approach
	1.4 The Road Ahead
	1.5 Key Points
	Note
	References
2 The Sensemaking Perspective
	2.1 Properties of Sensemaking
		2.1.1 Grounded in Identity Construction
		2.1.2 Retrospective
		2.1.3 Enactive of Sensible Environments
		2.1.4 Social
		2.1.5 Ongoing
		2.1.6 Focused on and by Extracted Cues
		2.1.7 Driven by Plausibility Rather Than Accuracy
	2.2 Levels of Sensemaking
		2.2.1 Individual Level
		2.2.2 Interactional Level
		2.2.3 Organizational Level
		2.2.4 Institutional Level
		2.2.5 Interdependence of Levels of Sensemaking
	2.3 The Road Ahead
	2.4 Key Points
	Notes
	References
3 The Immigrant Sensemaker
	3.1 Sensemakers and Sensemaking
	3.2 Identity Work
		3.2.1 Professional Identity and Work Integration
		3.2.2 Coping with Identity Threats
	3.3 Intersecting Identities
		3.3.1 Identity Processes Are Social and Ongoing
	3.4 Practical Insights
	3.5 The Road Ahead
	3.6 Key Points
	Note
	References
4 Powerful Interactions for Integration
	4.1 Communication and Sensemaking
		4.1.1 Intercultural Communication
	4.2 Intercultural Competence
	4.3 Selected Powerful Interactions
		4.3.1 Immigrant Support Staff
		4.3.2 Mentors
		4.3.3 Coaches
		4.3.4 Professional Networks
	4.4 Practical Insights
	4.5 The Road Ahead
	4.6 Key Points
	Note
	References
5 Organizing for Immigrant Workforce Integration
	5.1 Communication and Organizing
	5.2 Prominent Organizational Actors Involved in Immigrant Work Integration
		5.2.1 Immigrant Service Provider Organization (SPO)
		5.2.2 Employers
		5.2.3 Professional Organizations
		5.2.4 Educational Institutions
	5.3 Practical Insights
	5.4 The Road Ahead
	5.5 Key Points
	Note
	References
6 The Macro Context of Immigration
	6.1 Master Narratives and Sensemaking
	6.2 Multiculturalism
		6.2.1 Everyday Multiculturalism
	6.3 Good Worker, Good Citizen
		6.3.1 Why Make a Skilled Distinction?
		6.3.2 Desirable Immigrants
	6.4 Immigration and Colonialism
	6.5 Practical Insights
	6.6 The Road Ahead
	6.7 Key Points
	Note
	References
7 Extending Sensemaking of Immigrant Integration
	7.1 Challenges of Studying the Process of Sensemaking
		7.1.1 Longitudinal Mixed-Method Design
		7.1.2 Reflective Interviews
	7.2 Extending Sensemaking: Transnational Sensemaking
	7.3 Practical Insights
	7.4 The Road Ahead
	7.5 Concluding Thoughts
	7.6 Key Points
	Note
	References
Index