@article {1018,
	title = {{\textquoteleft}For a Secure and Stable Life{\textquoteright}: Constructing Life Satisfaction  in the {\textquoteleft}Migratory Careers{\textquoteright} of Russian Immigrant Physicians in Finland},
	journal = {Central and Eastern European Migration Review},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {1-23},
	chapter = {1},
	abstract = {<p>This article investigates the subjective life satisfaction of Russian immigrant physicians in Finland. It focuses on how life satisfaction is subjectively experienced and interpreted post migration in a bid to identify the resources which influence it in both work and family domains. The advantage of life satisfaction is taking it as a unifying cross-disciplinary conceptual framework and as a multidimensional analytical approach, including macro-societal, meso-relational, and micro-personal levels. We use the concept of the migratory career to analyse work and family life on migration journeys. These life evaluations are analysed using a sociological conception of subjective life satisfaction and a psychological conception of wellbeing as guiding principles in theory and analysis. Based on 26 semi-structured qualitative interviews, the study finds that an interplay between societal-structural and personal-relational resources makes the interviewees satisfied with their work and family lives. Societal-structural resources included the work environment, income, life security and stability, while personal-relational resources included social support, social trust, and family relationships. Beyond the classical income and job security, we find our participants\&rsquo; experienced and interpreted life satisfaction is essentially associated with outcomes of family-friendly and supportive work conditions. Moreover, social and personal security and family stability are important for their quality of life in a characteristic Nordic social environment.</p><p>\&nbsp;</p>},
	keywords = {migratory career, qualitative approach, resources, Russian immigrant physicians, subjective life satisfaction, work and family domains},
	issn = {2300-1682},
	doi = {10.54667/ceemr.2024.05},
	author = {Habti, Driss and Szczygiel, Nina}
}
