ABSTRACT

Employment is a key issue for refugees, host states, and local communities, whose interests in this area often diverge. Based on an ethnographic qualitative study among Syrian refugees and Jordanian citizens, this research sheds much-needed light on the dynamics of employment of refugees in Jordan. Research findings demonstrate how Syrian refugees work in both the formal and informal sectors of the labor market with an emphasis on legal precarity, job insecurity, poor working conditions, and workplace discrimination. Refugee women face additional challenges due to gender roles and cultural sensitivities. Employment also brings opportunities to refugees with regards to access to sustainable livelihoods, self-sufficiency, socialization, and regaining of the sense of dignity. Growing Syrian refugee employment in Jordan makes an urgent need for social workers to focus their efforts on addressing work-related problems and making advancements benefiting refugees, host communities, and policymakers.

摘要

就业是难民、东道国和当地社区的一个关键问题，他们在这一领域的利益往往存在分歧。该研究基于对叙利亚难民和约旦公民的人种学定性研究，为了解约旦难民就业动态提供了急需的信息。研究结果表明叙利亚难民如何在劳动力市场的正式和非正式部门工作，重点是法律不稳定、工作不安全、工作条件差和工作场所歧视。由于性别角色和文化敏感性，难民妇女面临更多挑战。就业还为难民带来了获得可持续生计、自给自足、社会化和恢复尊严感的机会。