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ToolsJanta, H., Lugosi, P., Brown, L. and Ladkin, A., 2012. Migrant networks, language learning and tourism employment. Tourism Management, 33 (2), 431-439.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.05.004
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between migrants’ social networks, the processes of language acquisition and tourism employment. Data collected using netnography and interviews are used to identify the strategies that Polish workers in the UK use to develop their language skills. The paper highlights the roles played by co-workers, co-nationals and customers in migrants’ language learning, both in the physical spaces of work and the virtual spaces of internet forums. It also shows how migrant workers exchange knowledge about the use of English during different stages of their migration careers: prior to leaving their country of origin and getting a job, during their employment and after leaving their job. Implications for academic inquiry and human resource management practice are outlined.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0261-5177 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | EU enlargement; Polish; migrants; tourism employment; language learning; networks; virtual; netnography |
| Group: | Bournemouth University Business School |
| ID Code: | 18893 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Peter Lugosi LEFT |
| Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2011 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2022 13:41 |
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