Brain drain from Turkey: the case of professionals abroad

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2008-01-01

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Guengoer, Nil Demet
Tansel, Aysıt

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Purpose - The paper aims to present research findings on the return intentions of Turkish professionals residing abroad, where the targeted group comprises individuals working at a full-time job abroad who possess at least a tertiary level degree.

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Skilled migration, Brain drain, Return migration, Return intentions, Higher education, Turkey

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31714

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER

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https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720810884746

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N. D. Guengoer and A. Tansel, “Brain drain from Turkey: the case of professionals abroad,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER, pp. 323–347, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31714.