Constraints in Asian Immigrants Human Resource Management

The article discusses the challenges and constraints associated with managing Asian immigrant human resources. The selected articles highlight the cultural and communicational barriers along with their attitudes that make it difficult for the human resource management team to manage both the immigrants and the native workforce. The impact of immigrants on the wages of the native labour is also discussed.

Running head: CONSTRAINTS IN ASIAN IMMIGRANTS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CONSTRAINTS IN ASIAN IMMIGRANTS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Author Note

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Research Statement
Human workforce are one of the most prominent factors that defines the success of an
organisation or project. Hence, it is of crucial importance to manage the human resources
adequately. Additionally, the complexity of managing the human resources gets amplified if,
the workforce consists of immigrants (Guo & A1 Ariss, 2015). Hence, the proposed work
will pursue the objective of identifying the challenges and constraints that are associated with
managing Asian immigrant human resources. The selection of Asian immigrants can be
justified by the fact that the contribution of immigration in Australia has witnessed an
increase in number while Europe and African immigrants are witnessing downfall (Chang,
2017).
Source of Secondary data
The secondary data will be collected by reviewing peer articles based on the subject.
Additionally, the data on immigrations will be collected through the government websites,
news articles and other relevant sources of Australia. Some of the prominent scholarly
secondary sources are listed in the table below
Source Vitality
Tan, Y., & Lester, L. H. (2012). Labour
market and economic impacts of
international working holiday temporary
migrants to Australia. Population, space
and place, 18(3), 359-383.
The deemed article will assist in
understanding the situation of immigrants in
Australia.
Rubdy, R., & McKay, S. L. (2013).
“Foreign workers” in Singapore: conflicting
discourses, language politics and the
The discussed articles will assist in
understanding the challenges with the Asian
immigrants.

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negotiation of immigrant identities.
Ling, F. Y. Y., Dulaimi, M. F., & Chua, M.
(2012). Strategies for managing migrant
construction workers from China, India, and
the Philippines. Journal of Professional
Issues in Engineering Education and
Practice, 139(1), 19-26.
Bratsberg, B., & Raaum, O. (2012).
Immigration and wages: Evidence from
construction. The Economic
Journal, 122(565), 1177-1205.
The deemed article will assist in
understanding the impact of immigrants on
the organisation or project and its
associates.
Research Questions
 What are the constraints in managing the Asian migrants?
 Are the challenges associated in educating them in native operational tools and
techniques?
 Do managing the immigrant’s workforce affect the performance of the native human
resource?
Keywords
Human resources management, challenges with immigrants, attitude of Asian migrants
abroad, migrants in Australia.
Selected articles
Bratsberg, B., & Raaum, O. (2012). Immigration and wages: Evidence from
construction. The Economic Journal, 122(565), 1177-1205.

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Rubdy, R., & McKay, S. L. (2013). “Foreign workers” in Singapore: conflicting discourses,
language politics and the negotiation of immigrant identities.
Tan, Y., & Lester, L. H. (2012). Labour market and economic impacts of international
working holiday temporary migrants to Australia. Population, space and place, 18(3), 359-
383.
Summary:
The articles selected above can be summarised to state that the main challenge with
immigrants are because of the cultural & communicational barriers along with their attitudes.
Additionally, the introduction of the immigrants affects the wages of the native labour that
make it difficult for the latter and further develop complicacy for the human resource
management team to manage both the immigrants and the native workforce.

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Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 139(1), 19-26.
Rubdy, R., & McKay, S. L. (2013). “Foreign workers” in Singapore: conflicting discourses,
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Tan, Y., & Lester, L. H. (2012). Labour market and economic impacts of international
working holiday temporary migrants to Australia. Population, space and place, 18(3),
359-383.