The benefits and challenges of immigration
Research highlights with Dr Chris F Wright
顿谤听, a senior lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies,听has conducted research into how the benefits of immigration can be harnessed, while addressing the emerging issues of exploitation and reduced investment in employee training.
Although Australia has been shielded from much of the anti-immigration sentiment evident in other parts of the world, these attitudes are starting to have an influence, Dr Wright says.
Policies around the labour market, education and training, and immigration are the three key areas that can address how Australia meets workforce needs, he says. Businesses now have the opportunity to work with government to ensure Australia remains a leading source of global skills and ideas.
Rather than being treated as two separate policy areas, governments have got to look at immigration and education and training as complementary arrangements for meeting workforce needs and to think about how those arrangements work together more effectively.
Published work
Wright CF聽2017 Forthcoming聽, British Journal of Industrial Relations
Wright CF, Groutsis D and van den Broek D聽2017 Forthcoming聽, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Wright CF, Clibborn S, Piper N and Cini N听2016听,听Lowy Institute for International Policy