Migration and Wellbeing

Deirdre Hughes is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, Institute for Employment Research (IER) in Coventry, England. She is an international careers practitioner, researcher, trainer, and senior policy adviser. For seven years, she led and co-edited an international series of Special Issue Journals on behalf of the British Journal for Guidance and Counselling. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen's Honorary Medal (2012) for her services to lifelong guidance.

This book delves into complex and multi-faceted phenomenon of migration and illuminates its diverse facets and its profound influence on societies across the globe. It examines the social, economic, and cultural dimensions of migration, uncovering stories of migrants and the transformative potential and hardships their journeys often entail.

Introduction-Migration: Towards a more inclusive society 1. The effect of a career development programme based on the Hope-Action Theory: Hope to Work for refugees in British Columbia 2. The cultural preparedness model of aspiration and engagement: understanding the dynamics of integration 3. Where are you from?' Identity as a key to parenting by 1.5 generation Korean-New Zealand migrants and implications for counselling 4. Considering boundaries when doing therapeutic work with people who are seeking asylum: a reflective case study 5. Ready or Not - Here We Come! Is Europe Ready for Career Guidance in an Intercultural Society? 6. Factors that impact the sociocultural adjustment and well-being of Syrian refugees in Stuttgart, Germany 7. A job-seeking competency model for North Korean defectors who are college students in South Korea 8. Families left behind at the source of migration: implications for career guidance practitioners 9. Learning Engagement as a target for early interventions: a qualitative study of first generation migrant adolescents in Finnish Secondary Schools 10. A comparison of mental health literacy, attitudes, and help-seeking intentions among domestic and international tertiary students Conclusion: Implications for career guidance and counselling