Workforce globalisation, language and discourse: Recruitment of foreign nurses in the UK.
The globalisation of the labour market creates new challenges for organisations when hiring. This article addresses one such challenge that is rarely in the spotlight: the implications of the choice of a language proficiency test for non-native speakers by the hiring organisation. We use the UK Nati...
| Publicado en: | Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 40 - 59 |
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Pluto Journals
2022
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