Leadership

Barriers between international students and Swedish companies
Master thesis in Business Administration

By Silvana Agolli Sokol Qytyku

Supervisor: Dr. Per Eisele
June 2008

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Acknowledgements 3 Abstract 4 Background Introduction 1.1 The ICT sector development in Sweden 5 1.2 Swedish labor market 6 1.3 TelecomCity 7 1.3.1 The companies 7 1.3.2 The University 7 1.3.3 The municipality 8 1.4 Blekinge Institute of Technology 9 1.5 Actual residence permits procedures 11 1.6 New proposal for high skilled migrants 11 1.7 The proposal of EU Blue card 12 Problem Definition 2.1 Background 13 2.2 Research problem 13 2.3 Research questions 14 2.4 Research objectives 15 Research Methods 3.1 Research approach 16 3.2 Research purpose 16 3.3 Research strategy 17 3.4 Research ethics 18 3.5 Sampling techniques 19 International Students Survey 4.1 Introduction 20 4.2 Students general information 20 4.3 Thesis work 21 4.4 Work in Sweden 22 4.5 Going back to homeland 22 4.6 Difficulties and rejections 23 4.7 Help from BTH and expectations 23 Interviews with Managers 5.1 Introduction 25 5.2 Recruitment and selection process 25 5.3 Foreign workers 26

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5.4 Procedures of hiring foreign workers 26 5.5 Swedish language 27 5.6 Thesis works 27 5.7 Cultural diversity 28 5.8 General suggestions from managers 28 5.9 International office activities 29 Discussions and Recommendations 6.1 Discussions 30 6.2 Conclusion 32 6.3 Recommendations 32 References 34 Persons interviewed Appendix 1 37 Appendix 2 38 List of figures Figure 1.1 Figure 1.2 Figure 1.3 Figure 3.1 Figure 4.1 Figure 4.2 Figure 4.3 Figure 4.4 Figure 4.5 TelecomCity 8 Students registered 10 Student graduated 10 Forms of interviews 19 Year started at BTH 21 Year planning to finish 21 Application for job or thesis 21 Work and live in Sweden 22 Going back to homeland 23

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