RMIT University - Work in a Global Society: Reading Reflection Paper

This assignment is a student's reflection on the article "Migrant workers, migrant work, public policy and human resource management" by Connell and Burgess. The paper explores the effects of globalization on the organization of work and the increasing migration of workers, particularly focusing on economic motivations and the challenges faced by migrant workers in Eastern and Western Europe. The student discusses the article's key arguments, including the impact of immigration on labor supply and demand, the role of technology in facilitating globalization, and the positive and negative aspects of migration. The reflection also touches upon the changing nature of work, the increasing awareness of global opportunities, and the need to balance worker rights with industry demands. The student highlights the importance of building foreign relationships and the evolving nature of work and worker consciousness in a globalized world. The assignment aligns with the course's focus on understanding the changing nature of work and labor markets and their impact on workers' lives.

Running head: WORK IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY
WORK IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY
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The main reason of this essay is to show the development and how globalization is
effecting the organization of structure of work and forcing people to move for the betterment of
their career. It is seen that maximum people especially laborers and workers are migrating due
economical reason (Connell and Burgess 2009). The author focused on the migrant workers is in
a way taking place of the local workers, which is again creating a problem in the Eastern and
Western Europe. According to the author it has been seen that due to immigration workers and
laborers had to go through danger and trials in the region, but still they go in order to get a high
pay. The author also says that political debate is going on this particular topic, the supply of
labor is being affected and it is also affecting the demand of labor, which is very true but through
this article the basic understanding that I got is the increase of globalization is increasing the
migration of workers and hence it is giving a mix culture and it is improving the quality of
education and gives economic collaboration, the labor market is in a way helping as it is creating
a bridge between all the labors. In this article there are various places where the author has
brought up the problems people are facing due to this immigration.
According to the author, there are two needs that contradict each other, industries need workers
who can give a standard performance and also have to protect the rights of workers whereas they
have to also put boundary or a limitation of the immigrant workers in order to give more work
for the local workers. This reading provides brings up a lot of points like, the migrant workers
come with an estimation of wage and also a hope for exposure, however I believe that the
globalization of the world has made people more aware about the outer world and different
countries and what work do they provide. Technology has brought globalization and through
which all people are getting to know about the entire world and this has lead to more migration
(Davidson 2014). Therefore it should be encouraged even more; the author in this article is

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basically showing both the positive and negative side of migration (Potrafke 2013). The
globalization has brought the whole world together and made it seem like small place.
(Stromquist and Monkman 2014)
I believe it is mostly effective and will help the world progress in several ways. I think that it is
a good way to build foreign relationship all over the world and it will also help in globalization.
Even though the migrant workers suffer due to low pay and mainly because of the position and
status they are being given, there are also migrant workers who are highly paid with high
recognition, from the government. However according to my understanding, the way people used
to work earlier is changing, the entire nature of work is changing, and people are becoming more
conscious about their work and pay.

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Reference
Connell, J. and Burgess, J., 2009. Migrant workers, migrant work, public policy and human
resource management. International Journal of Manpower, 30(5), pp.412-421.
Davidson, C., Heyman, F., Matusz, S., Sjöholm, F. and Zhu, S.C., 2014. Globalization and
imperfect labor market sorting. Journal of International Economics, 94(2), pp.177-194.
Potrafke, N., 2013. Globalization and labor market institutions: International empirical
evidence. Journal of Comparative Economics, 41(3), pp.829-842.
Stromquist, N.P. and Monkman, K. eds., 2014. Globalization and education: Integration and
contestation across cultures. R&L Education.