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    Put My Skills to Use? Understanding the Joint Effect of Job Security and Skill Utilization on Job Satisfaction Between Skilled Migrants and Australian Born Workers in Australia

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    Authors
    Tian, Amy
    Wang, Y.
    Chia, T.
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tian, A. and Wang, Y. and Chia, T. 2016. Put My Skills to Use? Understanding the Joint Effect of Job Security and Skill Utilization on Job Satisfaction Between Skilled Migrants and Australian Born Workers in Australia. Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement. Social Indicators Research. 139 (1): pp. 259-275.
    Source Title
    Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
    DOI
    10.1007/s11205-016-1404-4
    ISSN
    1573-0921
    School
    School of Management
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    The final publication is available at Springer via http://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1404-4

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43049
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The topic of skilled migrants has gained importance in the past decade as they are increasingly becoming one of the main drivers for labor supply in developed countries like Australia. Although there is research on skilled migrants, most have been studied from the perspectives of (un)employment, wage and over-education. Some evidence suggests that skilled migrants are often less satisfied with their job compared to their local counterparts, yet little is known about why these differences exist. Using a nationally representative sample of Australian workers, we examine how two important job characteristics, job security and skill utilization, exert their differential interaction effect on job satisfaction for skilled migrants and Australian born workers. We found a differential moderation effect between job security and skill utilization for skilled migrants and Australian born workers. For skilled migrants, high job security did not lead to positive reaction (i.e., job satisfaction), as this effect was dependent on their skill utilization; while such moderation effect was not present for Australian born workers. This study highlights the need to take a more fine-tuned approach by understanding target sample groups (e.g., skilled migrants) when study the relationship between key job characteristics and job satisfaction. Furthermore, it highlights the importance for organizations to revisit their human resource management strategies and policies to recognize the needs for enhancing skill utilization for skilled migrants.

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