False self-employment: The case of Ukrainian migrants in London’s construction sector

Natalia Vershinina; Peter Rodgers; Monder Ram; Nicholas Theodorakopoulos; Yulia Rodionova

doi:10.1111/irj.12199

False self-employment: The case of Ukrainian migrants in London’s construction sector

Natalia Vershinina, Peter Rodgers, Monder Ram, Nicholas Theodorakopoulos, Yulia Rodionova

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Abstract

This article, presenting qualitative accounts of Ukrainian business owners, highlights how migrants engage in false self-employment in the UK. Their experiences problematise notions of legality and binary depictions of migrant workers as ‘victims or villains’, demonstrating that migrants see their illegal status as a transient stage before gaining legal status.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2-18
Journal	Industrial Relations Journal
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12199
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

Keywords

work informality
illegality
fake self-employment
migrants
vulnerability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting(all)
Social Sciences(all)

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Checked for eligibility: 19/02/2018 This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Vershinina, N. A., Rodgers, P., Ram, M., Theodorakopoulos, N., and Rodionova, Y. (2018) False self-employment: the case of Ukrainian migrants in London's construction sector. Industrial Relations Journal, 49: 2–18, which has been published in final form at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irj.12199.. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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