In today's evolving labor market, workers who face legal, economic, or social disadvantages often experience precarious work conditions. This chapter examines methodological approaches to studying culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) migrant workers as a particularly vulnerable labour force segment. While the broader labor market includes many types of vulnerable workers, CALD migrants face distinct challenges shaped by language barriers, cultural differences, precarious legal status, and multiple intersecting forms of discrimination. We argue that researchers studying CALD migrant workers must adopt methodological approaches that address these unique vulnerabilities while maintaining ethical rigour. It offers a multidimensional perspective on how systemic forces create and sustain vulnerability among CALD migrant workers. The chapter underscores the need for methodological approaches that capture the voices and realities of at-risk individuals, including qualitative, quantitative, and participatory action research methods. It also highlights scholars' ethical responsibilities when studying CALD populations that fear reprisal, discrimination, or further marginalization. By sharing reflections from our own research experiences with CALD migrant workers, we demonstrate how methodological choices shape knowledge production and ultimately affect policy outcomes. This chapter also contributes to the growing call for more inclusive, context-sensitive organizational research that can strengthen protections for CALD migrant workers as a distinctively vulnerable segment of the global workforce.

2025

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Springer UK