Abstract
The occupational differentiation of the Chaoxian people (Korean Ethnic Group of China or Ethnically Korean Chinese Citizens) migrating to South Korea is an important factor leading to big differences in the social integration within this group. The marginalized characteristics of non-college educated immigrant workers in economic integration have caused them to experience difficulty in social interaction and cultural integration; the successful integration of the middle-and-high-end professional groups into South Korean society has promoted deep interaction and cultural homogeneity with South Koreans. Studying these differentiation and differences in the integration of Chaoxian immigrants into Korean society can not only show the diversity and complexity of cross-border ethnic issues. It is hoped that it will also have a certain positive guiding significance on the rational cross-border transnational migration of Chaoxian people.
Highlights
Social integration refers to the continuous social interaction process between relatively disadvantaged subjects and individuals or groups in specific communities at different levels of society (Chengwen and Jiayue 2012)
In order to reveal the impact of the professional differentiation of Chaoxian people in South Korea and the status of different professional groups in the process of social integration, this article divides the Chaoxian immigrants in South Korea into the ordinary labor group (H-2 s, F-2 s, F-1 s, and most F-4 s) and the middle-and-high-end professional group, and expounds upon their differences in social integration from three aspects: economy, social relations, and culture
Though the social integration of middle-and-high-end Chaoxian professional groups is better than that of the ordinary Chaoxian migrant workers, it is clear that the latter group consists the majority of Chaoxian immigrants in South Korea and to a certain extent, the latter reflects the overall integration of the Chaoxian immigrants in South Korea
Summary
Social integration refers to the continuous social interaction process between relatively disadvantaged subjects and individuals or groups in specific communities at different levels of society (Chengwen and Jiayue 2012). The research on the social integration of international immigrants in Western academic circles, on the one hand, has constructed theories such as “cultural assimilation theory,” “cultural shock theory” and “cultural assimilation model” based on the differences between immigrant culture and mainstream culture. It reveals the integration, assimilation, separation, marginalization and other cultural adaptation strategies adopted by the immigrants trying to integrate into the mainstream society (Berry 2005; Berry 1997). It shows the immigration policies of Western countries in different periods, such as multiculturalism, melting pot, isolation, exclusion and so on (Berry 2002). Some scholars believe that immigrants in different professions do not adopt the same adaptation strategies, that is, they show dynamic and spontaneous adaptation characteristics in different scenarios
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