Purpose – Provides a critical overview of the significant and growing challenges that countries and organizations face with attracting and retaining foreign talent.Design/methodology/approach – Gives a thorough and accessible analysis of information from academia, business and the media on...

Purpose - The aim of the paper is to explore the labour market experiences of highly skilled migrants from developed countries who are not linguistic or visible minorities in the host country.Design/methodology/approach - The results of the paper derive from interviews with 64 highly skilled...

Purpose: The paper addresses two research questions: first, to what extent do highly skilled migrants intend to make personal business and financial investments in their home countries, and second, what factors influence them to invest in their home countries? Design/methodology/approach: The...

Purpose: From a policy perspective, this article discusses the phenomenon of international talent mobility and competition in relation to China’s engagement in the “talent war” for attracting, retaining, and managing global talents. Design/Methodology/Approach: I adopt an approach...

This paper argues that different forms of reputation are important for the attraction and retention of talent. Drawing-upon the skilled migration literature as well as examples from national governments, supranational organizations and the mass media, we provide a typology that highlights the...

This chapter compares the reasons why highly skilled British expatriates immigrated to and would emigrate from Canada. The reasons respondents left the UK and would return to the UK were markedly different. Job opportunities, for example, were important in immigration decisions, whereas family...