O DECENT WORK AND INVOLUNTARY VENEZUELAN IMMIGRATION

PERSPECTIVES AND PARADOXES

Abstract

Voluntary migration is associated with a life project and the possibility of return, while involuntary migration is characterized by the lack of planning and the impossibility of return due to the threat to life. The work of the migrating population is significantly affected by this process, especially by the distancing from practices aligned with Decent Work. The objective of this study was to characterize the Decent Work practices among involuntary Venezuelan immigrants in the formal labor market in a micro-region of Blumenau-SC (N=8). A qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory methodology was adopted, using two data collection instruments: an adaptation of the Intercultural Sociodemographic Form and a semi-structured interview script based on the concept of Decent Work in Organizational and Work Psychology. The work indicators, analyzed from the perspective of Decent Work, suggest relative and debatable results, as they reflect perceptions that compare current conditions with the extreme precariousness experienced before migration. Additionally, paradoxes were evident in practices that, although protected by legislation, do not satisfy subjective needs for satisfaction and self-determination. The findings highlight the importance of practices that promote Decent Work to facilitate the reconfiguration of immigrants' lives both inside and outside the organizational environment.