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To examine how construction employer decision-making, project risk, regulatory accountability, and reputational exposure shape the employability and career trajectories of skilled migrants.

August 15, 2026Journal of Management in Engineering

Employer Decision Logic and Institutional Shaping of Skilled Migrant Employability in Construction

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RTRoksana Jahan TumpaQueensland University of Technology IKImriyas KamardeenState Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Built Environment MMMuhammad Nateque MahmoodState Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Built Environment

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Qualitative study reveals that risk mitigation governs skilled migrant employability in construction, highlighting how institutional risk drives underemployment and delayed career progression.

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To examine how construction employer decision-making, project risk, regulatory accountability, and reputational exposure shape the employability and career trajectories of skilled migrants.
Conducted 20 semistructured interviews with hiring managers and senior professionals across public and private construction organizations.
Applied Bourdieu’s theory of capital and abductive thematic analysis to evaluate organizational hiring logic and workforce integration.
Employability operates as a temporal, risk-mitigating process wherein professional legitimacy is provisionally granted, selectively enacted, and delayed rather than established through immediate skill matching.
Hiring managers manage institutional risks, regulatory accountability, and reputational exposure through nonhiring, cautious hiring, restricted role allocation, and delayed career progression.

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Tumpa et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a801a3a75c2e31742c86cd8 https://doi.org/10.1061/jmenea.meeng-7579

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Qualitative study reveals that risk mitigation governs skilled migrant employability in construction, highlighting how institutional risk drives underemployment and delayed career progression.

Employer Decision Logic and Institutional Shaping of Skilled Migrant Employability in Construction

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Employer Decision Logic and Institutional Shaping of Skilled Migrant Employability in Construction

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