Currently, I am working on the integration process of immigrants into German labor market. I consider different migrant cohorts: muslim, balkan, East EU and West EU considering their migration type (refugee/economic/family) and year of arrival (1980s/1990s/2000/during migration crisis). My main concern is the failure integration of some cohorts (e.g. Muslim). There are two main arguments provided in public and academia to answer that failure. One states that it is mainly because of their cultural differences and they stick to their cultural norms, traditions and origin identity therefore it makes significant barriers to their integration process. This idea usually has been supported by right wing politics and nationalist populists. The opposite attitude highlight the economic discrimination against some specific group of immigrants who are culturally more different than natives.
I would be so happy if you introduce me some highly cited studies related to the described discussion.
I think work by Saskia Sassen might be a good juxtaposition or stimulant for your query. For instance, the connections between financial labor, “savage sorting”, and racialization in her books and most recent one - Expulsions.
PS: Perhaps see some of the extended work of Hofstede on power-distance and natiinal culture.
by definition, immigration is about culture contact, culture conflict, and antagonistic acculturation and the adverse effects of these processes on adults and, especially, children. lots of literature available on culture conflict.
Vonzell Agosto The problem with Hofstede 6-dimensional index is that it is highly focused on Business and work psychology and the index itself created based on work attitudes of people from different countries. It is skeptical to use the index at national level and particularly for immigrants and their economic performance and impacts on host country. Anyhow, do you know any relative study?
yes it is - but has been extended or applied in at least the area of education.
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