Abstract

MERA-LEMP, María José; RAMIREZ-VIELMA, Raúl; BILBAO, María de los Ángeles  and  NAZAR, Gabriela. Perceived discrimination, employability, and psychological well-being among Latin American immigrants in Chile. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.3, pp.227-236.  Epub Dec 02, 2019. ISSN 2174-0534.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/jwop2019a24.

Research about immigrants' psychological functioning emphasizes the negative impact of discrimination on psychological well-being. Although there is agreement about the relevance of job access to immigrants’ adjustment to host countries, employability’s effects on immigrants’ well-being have been scarcely studied. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between perceived discrimination, employability, and psychological well-being in a sample of 100 Latin-American immigrants settled in Chile. We aimed to determine the contribution of discrimination and employability on well-being’s explanation, and to establish the incidence of employability on the relation between discrimination and well-being. Perceived discrimination and employability explained the 31.5% of well-being’s variability, and employability mediated the relation between discrimination and well-being. Employability’s role as a psychosocial resource in a migratory context is discussed.

Keywords : Immigration; Perceived discrimination; Employability; Psychological well-being.

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