TY - BOOK ID - 61489480 TI - Making critical sense of immigrant experience : a case study of Hong Kong Chinese in Canada PY - 2018 SN - 1787436748 1787436624 1787436632 9781787436626 9781787436633 PB - Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Chinese KW - Hong Kong (China) KW - Canada KW - Emigration and immigration. KW - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) KW - Xiang gang te bie xing zheng qu (China) KW - 香港特別行政區 (China) KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu KW - Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo Hsiang-kang tʻe pieh hsing cheng chʻü KW - Zhong hua ren min gong he guo Xiang gang te bie xing zheng qu KW - 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 KW - HKSAR (China) KW - Hsiang-kang tʻe pieh hsing cheng chʻü (China) KW - Xianggang (China) KW - 香港 (China) KW - Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu (China) KW - Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) KW - Hong Kong KW - E-books KW - Immigrants KW - Diversity in the workplace KW - Employment. KW - Cultural diversity in the workplace KW - Cultural diversity in workforce KW - Diversity in the workforce KW - Diversity in the work place KW - Multicultural diversity in the workplace KW - Multicultural workforce KW - Workforce diversity KW - Multiculturalism KW - Personnel management KW - Emigrants KW - Foreign-born population KW - Foreign population KW - Foreigners KW - Migrants KW - Persons KW - Ethnology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61489480 AB - This book showcases a critical sensemaking (CSM) study of how professional immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada make sense of their workplace experiences, and what this can tell us about why a substantial number leave in their first year in Canada. An analysis of the interviews demonstrates that immigrants' identities are grounded by contextual sensemaking elements. Data show that informants have accepted unchallenged assumptions: (1) that the government is providing help for them to "get in" the workplace; and (2) that the ethnic service organizations are offering positive guidance to their workplace opportunities. At the organizational level, a master discourse emphasizing integration has mediated immigrants' struggles. Within these frustrations, many have internalized a hidden discourse of inadequate or deficient selves and adopted a sacrificial position to maintain a positive sense of identity. The study concludes that a critical sensemaking approach allows greater insights into immigration processes than realist surveys, which tend to impose a pre-packaged sense of the immigrant experience. Through critical sensemaking, readers are encouraged to rethink the current role of ethnic service organizations in the immigration system. ER -