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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2015. Vol. 4, no. 3, 32–35
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2015040304
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Life Styles of Labor Migrants According to P. Boski’s Concept

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L.A. Bogolyubskaya

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Abstract

Cross-cultural studies of a Polish scientist Paul Boski are focused on the phenomenon of economic migration as related to ethno-cultural characteristics of migrants. He advanced the hypothesis about the leading role of employment and financial well-being in the process of adaptation, and proposed four lifestyles typical for labor migrants with different statuses. More so the author of the concept defined the role of thriftiness, as a separate factor affecting the model of migrants’ behavior

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Keywords: acculturation, lifestyle of a migrant, economic migrant, ethnic and cultural features

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2015040304

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For citation: Bogolyubskaya, L.A. (2015). Life Styles of Labor Migrants According to P. Boski’s Concept. Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 4(3), 32–35. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2015040304

© Bogolyubskaya L.A., 2015

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Ludmila A. Bogolyubskaya, Psychologist, School of Law & Economics, PhD Student, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, e-mail: bogolubskaya@bk.ru

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