Skilled migrant employees' perceptions of support from line managers Available to Purchase

Rosa Faaliyat is currently PhD candidate in the Griffith Business School at Griffith University. Prior to joining the PhD programme, she completed two master’s degrees: Master of Management International Business (MIB) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Central Queensland University. Faaliyat is an experienced professional with 15 years of international experience in marketing, strategy, business development and investment attraction, prior to moving into management and consulting.

Keith Townsend is professor in the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing at Griffith University with research expertise in HR and IR systems, frontline managers and qualitative research methods. He is active within the Australian practitioner community and is the 2017 president of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ).

David Peetz is professor of Employment Relations at Griffith University, in the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing. He previously worked in the Senior Executive Service of the Commonwealth Department of Industrial Relations. He has been a consultant for the International Labour Organisation in Thailand, Malaysia, Geneva and China and undertaken work for unions, employers and governments of both political persuasions in Australia and overseas. He is author of Unions in a Contrary World, Brave New Workplace, Women of the Coal Rushes, as well as numerous academic articles, papers and reports, and editor of Women, Regulation and Labor Segmentation.

Dr Susan Ressia is a lecturer within the Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Her research focusses on the job search experiences of independent non-English-speaking background skilled migrants in Australia. Susan's research interests also include the areas of work–life balance, managing diversity, intersectionality, equality and social justice issues. Susan is co-author of Employment Relations: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edn) and Work in the 21st Century: How do I Log on? She has also published in Gender, Work and Organization and the Asia–Pacific Journal of Human Resources.