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THE SOCIOTECHNICAL STRUCTURE AS STIMULUS FOR MIGRANTS TALENTS?

Lander VermeerbergenGeert Van Hootegem(University of Leuven)

Content

• The need for non-native employees• Job quality of ethnic minorities• The job quality of ethnic minorities after an

sociotechnical change• Future research

1. The Need for a Worldwide Brain and Brawn Circulation

Demographic need

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(FOD Economie, 2012)

Demographic need

(Herremans, 2012)

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(Richards, 2000)

2. The ethnic division of work quality

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Ethnic minorities and the job-demand-control model

(Karasek, 1979)

Ethnic minorities and the job-demand-control model

Migrants Natives0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Low-strain jobsHigh-strain jobsPassive jobsActive jobs

(European Working and Condition Survey, 2010)

Ethnic minorities and the job-demand-control model

• Quality of working life– More physical health consequences for minorities• a.o. muscular pain, heart problems

– More psychological health consequences for minorities• a.o. sleeping problems, stress,

• Organisational performance– Increase in absenteeism, sickness, productivity,

creativity,

3. The STS as win-win theory for employers and for employees with an ethnic minority background?

A sociotechnical change

Organisation qualityDesign of jobs

Quality of Working Life

Casestudy

• Domiciliary care organisation• Functional structure to horizontal structure

Casestudy

Concepts of non-natives that increase• Organising tasks• Contact possibilities • Completeness• Autonomy• Learning possibilities

Concepts of non-natives that decrease• Time pressure• Need for recovery

= effect of socio-technic organisation change

Conclusion

• Demographic and economic need for a diverse workforce

• Job quality of migrants is low• Sociotechnical structure can be used for an

increase in the job quality– Solution for demographic and economic need

4. Future Research

Future research

• In-depth research at the intra-organisation level

• In-depth research at the inter-organisation level– Inter-organisational human resource strategy