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Navigating Layered Exclusion: Workplace Dynamics and Inter-Migrant Discrimination Among African Professionals in Australia
Societies (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.15(10), 290
2025
Abstract
This paper investigates layered workplace exclusions experienced by African professionals in Australian workplaces. Through semi-structured interviews with 44 participants and a qualitative phenomenological design, the study reveals experiences of subtle exclusion, workplace gatekeeping, and power struggles that African professionals face from various sources—dominant cultural groups, other migrant communities, and within their own professional networks. An integrated theoretical framework combining Intersectionality Theory, Social Dominance Theory, and Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital and habitus examines how overlapping identities and power hierarchies shape workplace relationships and professional belonging. The findings show that diversity and inclusion efforts often neglect the layered nature of exclusion that African professionals navigate, limiting their effectiveness. This study contributes to migration and workplace diversity scholarship by highlighting the need for inclusion strategies that address the complex realities of workplace exclusion in multicultural professional environments rather than relying on simple majority–minority binaries.
Details
- Title
- Navigating Layered Exclusion: Workplace Dynamics and Inter-Migrant Discrimination Among African Professionals in Australia
- Authors/Creators
- Olabisi Imonitie - Murdoch University, School of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesStephen Bolaji - Faculty of Health, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, AustraliaTinashe Dune - Charles Darwin UniversitySulay Jalloh - Charles Darwin UniversityIsaac Akefe - Charles Darwin University
- Publication Details
- Societies (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.15(10), 290
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Number of pages
- 18
- Identifiers
- 991005829249507891
- Copyright
- © 2025 by the authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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