The Integration of Migrants and Refugees in the Spanish Labour Market from an Organizational Perspective

Abstract

Spain has undergone a series of significant economic changes over the last decade, and the country has subsequently been faced with huge challenges in its efforts to integrate migrants into the labour market. With this in mind, the purpose of the following chapter is to analyse the Spanish labour market in the light of the new realities resulting from the effects of immigration and an increasingly pluralistic, open society. It covers Spain's achievements as well as the challenges that lie ahead, bearing in mind the global situation as well as the new social configuration of a country that has received such large numbers of migrants and refugees.

On a meso-level, various institutions play a fundamental role in the way migrants adjust to the economic, social, cultural and political spheres of Spanish society. The authors described various practices implemented by Spanish ‘business actors’, unions and NGOs for the labour integration. This research shows that coordination between the various employment policies at the meso-level has had a key influence on Spain's integration of migrants.

Citation

Ares, A., Estrada-Villaseñor, C. and Iglesias, J. (2020), "The Integration of Migrants and Refugees in the Spanish Labour Market from an Organizational Perspective", Przytuła, S. and Sułkowski, Ł. (Ed.) Integration of Migrants into the Labour Market in Europe (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 25), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 99-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-636120200000025008