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Vocational Experiences and Quality of Life of Migrants: Overview and Future Research

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Quality of life is a complicated concept that has attracted broad attention from multiple disciplines. This article introduces a set of studies that employ diverse approaches to explore how work, vocational, and career experiences shape quality of life among migrants, and proposes a future agenda to extend this stream of research. Specifically, operationalizing quality of life in different ways, research showcased in this special issue has demonstrated how international and intranational migrants achieve, maintain, and enhance their well-being in different life domains. Reflecting on the literature and the showcased studies, this article proposes that future research should advance the current inquiry by better categorizing vocational experiences, uniquely operationalizing of quality of life in migration contexts, taking a more culturally sensitive perspective, and broadening methodological approaches.

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  1. Department of Management, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia

    Zhou Jiang

  2. School of Management, College of Business, RMIT University, 445 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia

    Ying Wang

  3. Department of Marketing and Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia

    Fei Guo

  4. Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, 1 Macquarie Place, Sydney, NSW, 2522, Australia

    Paul J. Gollan

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Jiang, Z., Wang, Y., Guo, F. et al. Vocational Experiences and Quality of Life of Migrants: Overview and Future Research. Soc Indic Res 139, 403–414 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1727-9

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