Recruitment of IT-professionals from India in the ICT-sector: The Case of Sweden and Denmark

Abstract

This research project addresses migration management, recruitment strategies and employment of international IT-professionals from India in the ICT-industry in Sweden and Denmark. IT-professionals have mainly been recruited from EU-countries through the network of EURES, but recently both Scandinavian countries have introduced recruitment measures to attract and facilitate migration of highly skilled employees, such as IT-professionals, from outside the EU. The Swedish migration management, introduced in 2008, is strictly demand driven whereas the Danish system, introduced in 2002, is both demand- and supply driven. By comparing the Swedish liberal migration management system and simple recruitment measures used by the Swedish employers with the ?tough? Danish migration management system and relatively complicated recruitment measures required for Danish employers, differences and similarities between the two systems can generate a better understanding of how the processes of migration management systems and recruitment strategies interact in the two labor markets.
This project employs a multidisciplinary theoretical approach with a broad perspective on globalization, organizational management and the micro social processes involved in the recruitment practices and selection. The methodology applied is based on mixed methods such as quantitative data from national statistics and qualitative interviews with HR managers and leader from four companies in Sweden and Denmark.

Keywords

Employment/Recruitment, Globalization, Labour standards/rights, transnational, recruitment

Publications

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Hviid, Kirsten, Flyvholm, Mari-Ann (2010). ‘Udenlandsk arbejdskraft i Norden’ sammenfatning af landerapporter fra forprojektet til Nordisk Ministerråds globaliseringsprojekt. Copenhagen: The Nordic Council of Ministers. ISBN:978-92-893-2153-2. URL: http://www.norden.org/da/publikationer/publikationer/2010-588.

Hviid, Kirsten, Jensen, F. W., Olesen, K. and Flyvholm, Mari-Ann (2010). ‘Rekruttering af udenlandsk arbejdskraft: Indvandreres arbejdsmiljø og tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet i Danmark.’ Copenhagen: The Nordic Council of Ministers. URL: http://www.arbejdsmiljoforskning.dk/da/projekter/~/media/Projekter/NMR-Globalisering/DK-Landerapport—NMR-glob