Internal Migration and Perception of Employability: Case of Kocaeli
Internal Migration and Perception of Employability: Case of Kocaeli

Author(s): Doğa Başar Sarıipek, Burcu Kümbül Güler
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Labor relations, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; Kocaeli; migration; internal migration; employability; labor relations;
Summary/Abstract: As a consequence of globalization and deindustrialization, over the past decades, many countries have struggled with the problem of job insecurity. In the sea of uncertainty where the negative impact of job insecurity might be very high, the contingent workers can only have a chance to survive in this harsh working environment by relying on employability to secure their labour market position (De Cuyper et al., 2010: 70). When we consider internal migration studies done since 1970’s in Turkey, early studies were emphasizing a culture of optimism in the perception of migrants because of having better conditions in cities compared to their original villages. However, after 1980’s, due to increased deregulation of the labour market with subcontracting and lower wages, migrants have begun to feel less secure in the labour market (Peker, 1996: 9). Therefore, in this study, we try to emphasize the significance of internal migrants' employability perception in the integration of labour market which is also a good predictor of social integration after migration.

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