This study reconstructed London’ (UK) place identity in young Italian immigrants who have settled in this metropolitan city. The aim was to detect their representation of the hosting society and to investigate their migration experience. Interviews to 10 young Italian migrants (mean age: 27.7; SD: 4.084) were collected and analyzed through thematic analysis. The interviews showed that their individual and social identity had been influenced by the attitudes of the hosting context and its specific feature, highlighting the cultural richness of the town and its relational and work opportunities. Their hope for a decent job and the multicultural richness of the receiving town supported their settlement decision. However, their poor knowledge of the language and the little opportunity for effective acceptable decent work together with homesickness made this experience just a long-term temporary solution.

Place identity, hope and expectations of decent work in Italian youths moving to London / Procentese, Fortuna; Candice, Laura; Arcidiacono, Caterina; Esposito, Ciro; DI NAPOLI, Immacolata. - In: JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY. - ISSN 1085-2352. - (2021). [10.1080/10852352.2021.1935196]

Place identity, hope and expectations of decent work in Italian youths moving to London

Procentese Fortuna;Arcidiacono Caterina;Esposito Ciro;Di Napoli Immacolata
2021

Abstract

This study reconstructed London’ (UK) place identity in young Italian immigrants who have settled in this metropolitan city. The aim was to detect their representation of the hosting society and to investigate their migration experience. Interviews to 10 young Italian migrants (mean age: 27.7; SD: 4.084) were collected and analyzed through thematic analysis. The interviews showed that their individual and social identity had been influenced by the attitudes of the hosting context and its specific feature, highlighting the cultural richness of the town and its relational and work opportunities. Their hope for a decent job and the multicultural richness of the receiving town supported their settlement decision. However, their poor knowledge of the language and the little opportunity for effective acceptable decent work together with homesickness made this experience just a long-term temporary solution.
2021
Place identity, hope and expectations of decent work in Italian youths moving to London / Procentese, Fortuna; Candice, Laura; Arcidiacono, Caterina; Esposito, Ciro; DI NAPOLI, Immacolata. - In: JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY. - ISSN 1085-2352. - (2021). [10.1080/10852352.2021.1935196]
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