Overview
- Introduces a new theoretical framework linking self-initiation expatriation to the new mobility paradigm
- Combines theoretical approaches and multi-level empirical studies
- Studies foreign-born highly skilled people in Finland and Finnish expatriates as a case studies
- Provides empirical insights with real-life experiences that contribute to policymaking and IHR
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Migration (IPMI, volume 16)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Highly Skilled Self-Initiated Expatriates and Assigned Expatriates: Recent Developments
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Emerging Drivers and Migration Dynamics of Highly Skilled Expatriates
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Integrated Networking and Capital Mobilization: Relational Dynamics Among Highly Skilled Expatriates
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Embedding Place and Process of Integration and Adjustment
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About this book
This volume examines self-initiated expatriates (SIEs), the category of highly skilled people whose movement from one country to another is by choice. Although they are not forced to relocate due to work, conflict or natural disaster, their migration pattern is every bit as complex. The book challenges previous theoretical approaches that take for granted a more simplistic view of this population, and advances that mobility of SIEs relates to the expatriates themselves, their conditions and the different structures intervening in their career life course. With their visible increase worldwide, this book positions itself as a nexus for this on-going discussion, while linking self-initiated expatriation to the theoretical landscape of international skilled migration and mobility. Major interests that catch attention are transnational practices, work-related experiences and personal life course, including forms of inequalities in their migration experiences. The book identifiesforms and drivers of migratory behaviour and provides an argument concerning the broader processes of mobility and integration. As such, this book constitutes a departure point for future research in terms of theoretical underpinnings and empirical rigor on global highly skilled mobility of SIEs. The collection of empirical case studies offers an insightful analysis for policy makers, concerned stakeholders and organizations to better cope with this form of migration.
Reviews
“The book is good read for all researchers studying highly skilled migration, and especially for those who are interested in specific case of Finland and/or discussion on convergence of business and social science-based approaches. It could be added also to the reading lists of those policymakers, who currently are shaping immigration policy (in Finland) towards global talent management type of solutions.” (Mika Raunio, Nordic Journal of Migration Research NJMR, Issue 1, 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Maria Elo holds a PhD in Economics, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. She is a post-doctoral researcher at Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland and a Migration Fellow at the Institute of Migration, Finland. She is the founder and leader of the Diaspora Networks in International Business-research platform. Her research focuses on international business, internationalization processes, business networks, lifecycle, migration, ex- and repatriation, diaspora networks, diaspora entrepreneurship and transnational entrepreneurship. Her work is presented in various conferences and published in books and journals, such as Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, and International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Mobility of Highly Skilled People
Book Subtitle: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Self-initiated Expatriation
Editors: Driss Habti, Maria Elo
Series Title: International Perspectives on Migration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95056-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95055-6Published: 27 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06964-3Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95056-3Published: 17 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2214-9805
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9813
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 304
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Migration, Population Economics, International Business