German professionals in the United States : a gendered analysis of the migration decision of highly skilled families /

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Eich-Krohm examines the stay/return decision of highly skilled migrants in the context of globalization and brain drain vs. brain circulation. Economic reasons are considered the main factor for professionals to move with limited influence by the spouses, the tied migrants. The analysis of qualitati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eich-Krohm, Astrid, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Foreign workers, German > United States.
Brain drain > Germany.
Professional employees > United States.
Professional employees > Germany.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Travailleurs étrangers allemands > États-Unis.
Exode des cerveaux > Allemagne.
Professionnels salariés > États-Unis.
Professionnels salariés > Allemagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Brain drain
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Foreign workers, German
Immigrants > Social conditions
Professional employees
Germany > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Allemagne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Germany
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Eich-Krohm examines the stay/return decision of highly skilled migrants in the context of globalization and brain drain vs. brain circulation. Economic reasons are considered the main factor for professionals to move with limited influence by the spouses, the tied migrants. The analysis of qualitative interviews with 38 German families who moved temporary to the United States show that the interests of the spouse, cultural curiosity about a global world, and the work itself are equally important to economic gains. Women's progress in education and paid work, have changed the role of the tied m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 227 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593325978
1593325975
1593324510
9781593324513

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