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_bEnglish
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050 0 0 _aHD9715.A1 CON
100 1 _aTutt, Dylan
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aBuilding networks to work:
_ban ethnographic study of informal routes into the UK construction industry and pathways for migrant up-skilling
_ccreated by Dylan Tutt, Sarah Pink, Andy R.J. DaintyY and Alistar Gibb
264 1 _aAbingdon:
_bTaylor and Francis,
_c2013
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
440 _aConstruction Management and Economics
_vVolume 31, number 7-9
520 3 _aThe UK construction industry labour market is characterised by high levels of self-employment, subcontracting, informality and flexibility. A corollary of this, and a sign of the increasing globalisation of construction, has been an increasing reliance on migrant labour, particularly that from the Eastern European Accession states. Yet, little is known about how their experiences within and outside of work shape their work in the construction sector. In this context better qualitative understandings of the social and communication networks through which migrant workers gain employment, create routes through the sector and develop their role/career are needed. We draw on two examples from a short-term ethnographic study of migrant construction worker employment experiences and practices in the town of Crewe in Cheshire, UK, to demonstrate how informal networks intersect with formal elements of the sector to facilitate both recruitment and up-skilling. Such research knowledge, we argue, offers new evidence of the importance of attending to migrant worker’s own experiences in the development of more transparent recruitment processes.
650 _aBuilding networks
_vEthnographic study
_xConstruction industry
_zUnited Kingdom
700 1 _aPink, Sarah
_eco-author
700 1 _aDainty, Andy R.J.
_eco-author
700 1 _aGibb, Alistair
_eco-author
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2013.834066
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_cJA
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