The sense of belonging of migrant workers: Concept, scale and trends research

• Main Author: Đỗ Hồng Quân
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 2020-07-01
• Series: Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội
• Subjects: sự tin cậy; sự tham gia; tư cách nhân viên
• Online Access: https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-vi/article/view/599

The sense of belonging has been a research topic for more than 50 years in the field of social psychology. Studies related to this topic mostly come from Western countries. This article aims to review the dimensions of the concept “the sense of belonging”; the main research trends; as well as the suggestions for further analysis on it in the context of Vietnamese society. The research method used is secondary data analysis. In general, the analysis shows the presence of three main trends: (1) the sense of belonging and the role of trust, of social capital; (2) the sense of belonging and the sense of community identity, the social constructions on community symbols and; (3) the sense of belonging and social cohesion.