Migration is one of the most pressing global issues of our time. However, relatively little is known about the factors and mechanisms that govern the post-migration experiences of skilled migrants. We adopt an acculturation- and social identity-based approach to examine how differences between institutional characteristics in the destination and origin country, as well as migrants’ experiences with formal and informal institutions shape their identification with the destination and origin country and contribute to their community and career embeddedness. Our study of 1709 highly skilled migrants from 48 origin countries in 12 destination countries reveals that the institutional environment migrants encounter provides both sources of opportunity (potential for human development and value-congruent societal practices) and sources of disadvantage (experienced ethnocentrism and downgrading). These contrasting dynamics affect migrants’ destination-country identification, their origin-country identification and, ultimately, their embeddedness in the destination country. Our results have important implications for multinational enterprises and policy makers that can contribute to enhancing skilled migrants’ community and career embeddedness. For example, these actors may nurture a work environment and provide supportive policies that buffer against the institutional sources of disadvantage we identified in this study, while helping migrants to leverage the opportunities available in the destination country.

移民是当今时代最紧迫的全球问题之一。然而，人们对影响技术移民移民后经历的因素和机制知之甚少。我们采用基于文化适应和社会认同的方法来研究目的地国和原籍国制度特征之间的差异，以及移民在正式和非正式机构中的经历如何塑造他们对目的地国和原籍国的认同并为其社区做出贡献和职业嵌入性。我们对来自 12 个目的地国 48 个原籍国的 1709 名高技能移民进行的研究表明，移民所遇到的制度环境既提供了机会来源（人类发展潜力和价值一致的社会实践），也提供了不利来源（经历过种族中心主义和降级）。这些对比鲜明的动态影响移民对目的地国的认同、原籍国的认同，并最终影响他们在目的地国的融入。我们的研究结果对跨国企业和政策制定者具有重要意义，有助于增强技术移民的社区和职业嵌入度。例如，这些行为者可以培育工作环境并提供支持性政策，以缓冲我们在本研究中发现的制度性不利因素，同时帮助移民利用目的地国的现有机会。