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Personal Information
College Photo Name Muhlau, Peter
Main Department Sociology
College Title Lecturer
E-mail muhlaup@tcd.ie
College Tel +353 1 896 2669
 
Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies
Details Date From Date To
Sociological Association of Ireland 2011
 
Research Interests
Employment/Unemployment Studies Gender and work Labor Market/Women and Minorities Migration
Surveys & Survey Research
 
Research Projects
Project title Parallel Societies or Overlapping Identities? (National Survey of Immigrants in Ireland)
Summary This national matched survey of immigrant and indigenous Irish populations and their employing organisations will study patterns of social integration in the workplace and wider society. The survey will examine interactions between recent immigrants and indigenous Irish groups and also the extent and nature of common values and cultural practices. The survey will also compare the labour market and work experience of these two groups and will highlight the opportunities and threats for successful social and economic integration.
Funding Agency philanthropic
Programme Trinity Immigration Initiative
Type of Project
Date from Sep 2007
Date to Aug 2011
Person Months 48


Project title Exploring respondent-driven sampling for a longitudinal survey of immigrants in Ireland
Summary This method-explorative project aims to explore and assess the usefulness of a new network-based probability sampling method for hard-to-reach populations, respondent-driven sampling, as a sampling method for a longitudinal study of recent immigrants in Ireland.
Funding Agency IRCHSS
Programme Research Development Initiative
Type of Project
Date from Dec 2008
Date to Dec 2010
Person Months 15


Project title Causes and Consequences of Early Socio-Cultural Integration Processes among New Immigrants in Europe (SCIP)
Summary
Funding Agency NORFACE
Programme Migration in Europe
Type of Project
Date from Dec 2009
Date to Sep 2013
Person Months 128


 
Publications
Peer Reviewed
Antje Röder, Peter Mühlau, Low expectations or different evaluations – What explains immigrants’ high levels of trust in host country institutions?, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39, 2012
Antje Röder, Peter Mühlau, Discrimination, exclusion and immigrants' confidence in public institutions in Europe, European Societies, 13, (4), 2011, p535 - 567
Justine Horgan, Peter Muhlau, Human resource systems and employee performance in Ireland and the Netherlands: a test of the complementarity hypothesis, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17, (3), 2006, p414 - 439
Peter Muhlau, Siegwart Lindenberg, Efficiency Wages: Signals or Incentives? An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Wage and Commitment, Journal of Management and Governance, 7, (4), 2003, p385 - 400
Peter Muhlau, The Governance of the Employment Relation: A Relational Signaling Perspective. , Amsterdam, Thela Thesis, 2000, 482pp
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