Venäjänkieliset IT-alan asiantuntijat työyhteisöissä - monikieliset käytänteet, identiteetit ja osallisuuden kokemukset integroitumisessa

Abstract

This article examines working age Russian-speaking migrants, and their paths in looking for a place in the Finnish work and professional communities. The integration process is examined in three focal settings: 1) aspiration settings in which migrants are preparing to participate in work and professional communities; 2) achievement settings in which migrants have successfully entered work and professional communities, and 3) abandonment settings in which migrants have been marginalized from work and professional communities and have given up their aspirations to integrate into these communities. The data consist of 3 thematic interviews and the analysis of the data is focusing on the informants’ narratives of their life and professional career paths. Conclusions were drawn about the ways in which different environments are reflected in linguistic practices and how the importance of languages is perceived in the integration into the working life.