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

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

Keywords

• acculturation
• lifestyle of a migrant
• economic migrant
• ethnic and cultural features