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Rural Employers’ Motivations to Hire Newcomers: : The Case of Small and Medium Businesses in the Canadian Prairies

• S. SALMON, M. AKIMOWICZ, AND W. ASHTON

MANSO ANNUAL INTEGRATION SUMMIT SEPTEMBER 12 TH-15TH 2018, WINNIPEG, MB

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Manitoba’s declining rural population

50 100 150 200 250 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2017 2020 2023 2026 2029 2032 2035 2038

# of Entrants to Labour Force Years Potential entrants to the labour force (10 to 19 years of age) as a percent

• f potential exiters from the labour force (55 to 64 years of age)

Historical Low Growth M1 Growth 1991-2011 trends M2 Growth 1991-2000 trends M3 Growth 1999-2003 trends M4 Growth 2004-2008 trends M5 Growth 2009-2011 trends High Growth

• Rural areas will increasingly rely on

newcomers

• Newcomers’ long-term settlement is

conditioned by consistent access to the job market

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Canadian natural growth rate is projected to be negative in 2032!!!

Non-metro Manitoba Metro Manitoba Canada Non-immigrants 90% 74% 77% Immigrants 9% 24% 22% Non-permanent residents 1% 2% 1%

Research Question

What are the motivations of rural employers to hire newcomers?

Objectives:

• Collect employers’ perspectives
• Input a new perspective to policy-design
• Focus on the Canadian Prairies

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Method: Reaching out to SMEs

• Electronic survey addressed to Small and Medium Enterprises
• Expected responses:
• Reaching out to SMEs and securing their participation is the critical step

She needs your help!

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Total Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta SMEs 247,770 38,605 41,097 168,068 Expected responses 420 70 70 280

Method: Reaching out to SMEs

• Critical partnerships with MANSO, SAISIA, AAISA and local Service Provider

Organizations (SPOs)

• Additional partnerhsips with Chambers of Commerce and Community Futures networks

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SPOs

Local Chambers

• f Commerce

Local Community Futures

Progresses

• On-going connections with SPOs to receive SME contact info
• Starting connections with Community Futures and Chambers of Commerce
• Dissemination of the electronic survey to SMEs

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Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta SMEs 38,605 41,097 168,068 Expected responses 70 70 280 Invitations sent 48 20 9 Received responses 6 3 2

Thank you very much for your attention.

• S. SALMON, SALMONS@BRANDONU.CA
• M. AKIMOWICZ, AKIMOWICZM@BRANDONU.CA

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Theoretical Framework: The Self-determination Theory

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Extrinsic motivations Intrinsic motivations

External regulations Introjected regulations Identified regulations Integrated regulations