Which Skilled Temporary Migrants Become Permanent Residents and Why?1

While most countries of destination of temporary migrants expect them to return home, it is likely that some temporary migration will become permanent if the migrants decide that they would like to remain longer or indefinitely for various reasons. This paper examines the factors associated with temporary migrants’ decision to become or not become permanent residents and the reasons for their decision, using survey data on skilled temporary migrants in Australia. It also looks at whether temporary migration facilitates or substitutes for permanent migration and discusses the likely effectiveness of temporary migration programs that assume temporary migrants will return home.     

Cross-national comparison of internal migration: issues and measures

Summary. Our objectives are to identify the issues that researchers encounter when measuring internal migration in different countries and to propose key indicators that analysts can use to compare internal migration at the 'national' level. We establish the benefits to be gained by a rigorous approach to cross-national comparisons of internal migration and discuss issues that affect such comparisons. We then distinguish four dimensions of internal migration on which countries can be compared and, for each dimension, identify a series of summary measures. We illustrate the issues and measures proposed by comparing migration in Australia and Great Britain.     

Australia’s population growth,composition and distribution: Emerging research needs

In 1993 the charter of the Bureau of Immigration Research (BIR) was widened to encompass other areas of population and its name changed to the Bureau of Immigration and Population Research (BIPR). The paper argues that for too long population policy and policy-related research in Australia has been synonymous with immigration policy and research and that this change presents an opportunity to redress this imbalance and broaden the range of areas across which government and private sector activity in Australia can be assisted through knowledge of population dynamics. It is essential, however, that the BIPR broaden the scope of its activity and the present paper presents a research agenda which encompasses a range of population issues of relevance to contemporary private and public sector activity. A version of this paper was presented to a seminar organized by the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies and the Demography Program of the Australian National University for the Bureau of Immigration and Population Research in Canberra, 20 August 1993.     

Hardiness and Spiritual Well-Being Among Social Work Students

The challenge today for social work students is how to address the professional and educational demands placed on them as they attend to the development of the whole person. This article reports the findings from a 1994 study of social work students. Data collected from a survey of 105 social work students showed significant relationships among hardiness, spiritual well-being, and self-esteem. Spiritual well-being and hardiness were found to be strong predictors of self-esteem. This article discusses the need to explore the role of spiritual well-being as well as implications for research, practice, and education.     

The Effects of Polyvictimization and Quality of Caregiver Attachment on Disclosure of Illegal Sexual Behavior

ABSTRACT

The current study examined the relationship among self-disclosure of illegal sexual behaviors and two conceptually relevant constructs in psychotherapy: childhood polyvictimization (i.e., cumulative types of victimization experienced during childhood) and caregiver attachment. Participants consisted of 63 adolescent males participating in mandated treatment for illegal sexual behavior. Childhood polyvictimization and caregiver attachment were expected to predict self-disclosure of illegal sexual behaviors. Quality of caregiver attachment was also expected to mediate the relationship between polyvictimization and disclosure. Consistent with our main hypothesis, results indicate that quality of caregiver attachment mediated the relationship between childhood polyvictimization and self-disclosure of illegal sexual behaviors in psychotherapy. The current findings highlight the impact of polyvictimization on important therapeutic processes as well as the importance of assessing for multiple types of victimization in adolescents who engage in illegal sexual behavior. Further clinical implications regarding the use of trauma-informed approaches during sex offender treatment are discussed.     

Researching organization by implosion and fatality

Drawing on Jean Baudrillard's postmodernist text, this paper examines two non-traditional research designs: implosion (characterized by hyper-reality), and the strategy of fatality (based on self-transcendence). On the basis of a paraphysic case of mo(u)rning - displaying an uneasy tension between the assertion and loss of subject, while highlighting ambivalence between new beginnings and ruination; the author explores alternative routes to investigation. The paper engages in current debates on the self-reflexivity of research, and on the development of new modes of ordering inquiry.