...Hongxia Shan Purpose The paper aims to explore the emotion learning experiences of some Chinese immigrants in Canadian engineering workplaces. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on life history style interviews with 14 Chinese immigrant engineers and 14 key informant interviews...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Immigrants English language Workplace learning Education As immigrants leave their home countries in search of jobs and a better quality of life, language diversity in the workplace is becoming a reality for companies all over the world...

... of 24 highly educated immigrant women from the research project “Skilled In Vulnerability: Work‐related Learning Amongst Contingent Workers”. Findings The two types of learning that we have identified include conformative and transgressive learning. Conformative learning refers to the learning...

...‐ and post‐examinations and monotonous drills. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Literacy Photography Immigrants Workplace learning This project employed an innovative approach to workplace literacy in which workers’ concerns, expressed through their photographs, are central to the learning process...