The study is based on the results of empirical research and deals with non-European Community immigrants living in Campania, Italy. The research shows that several peculiarities reflect the structure of local contexts. It also reveals the many facets of the social phenomenon and to what extent external factors have influenced individual attitudes and personal motivations have affected migratory process. The essential aspects analyzed in the study refer to immigrants' motivations, place and country of origin, working conditions at home and in the new environment, and characteristics of working activity in Campania. The final part deals with social integration and migrants' relations with local institutions. The specific character of Campanian immigration is for many reasons connected with a widespread irregular economy which deeply affects migrants' personal attitudes and strategies.

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Origin economics population Migrants demography social change Europe Population Dynamics motivation migration motive Developed Countries Mediterranean Countries Italy, Campania economic conditions psychology attitude health care manpower Health Manpower working conditions Acculturation Psychological Factors Behavior cultural factor Article Southern Europe cultural assimilation migration international migration developed country Demographic Factors Emigration and Immigration Italy Economic Factors Transients and Migrants Human Resources Macroeconomic Factors employment Labor Force Destination population migration immigrant people immigrants