"A growing number of immigrants are pursuing this alternate path, even if it means giving up working in their original field and accepting work that pays less. These individuals have found a way to contribute to Canada and to help fellow immigrants, but at the end of the day immigrants need to be employed meaningfully for successful integration to occur" said Adnan Türegün of Carleton University and principal researcher.

Based on a survey and interviews conducted between 2009 and 2010, the study looks at the experience of internationally trained immigrants who did not have the opportunity...

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Organizational efforts to create and maintain an inclusive multicultural environment often face resistance by whites, says a University of Michigan researcher.

"Without the support of whites, organizations and educational settings will fail in their attempts to navigate and manage the complexities of diverse work forces and constituencies," said Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, an associate professor of management and organizations at Michigan's Ross School of Business. "In the face of the dramatic projected growth in demographic diversity, such failure could have severe economic, social and political consequences.

"Our research reveals that this resistance can have little to do with prejudice. Instead, it can stem from a basic human need to belong."