Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studies

Research on advanced human capital migration has focused on the constructs: brain drain, brain gain and brain circulation (grouped as brain migration). The behavior of brain drainers and their migration flow is affected by perceived well-being. Our study comprehensively reviews research on the well-...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Paloma González-Gómez-del-Miño, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Paloma González-Gómez-del-Miño
Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda
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description Research on advanced human capital migration has focused on the constructs: brain drain, brain gain and brain circulation (grouped as brain migration). The behavior of brain drainers and their migration flow is affected by perceived well-being. Our study comprehensively reviews research on the well-being of highly skilled migrants in search of the constructs and classes with which well-being in brain migration is studied. Research published in the WoSCC and Scopus databases was reviewed. Subsequently, a scoping review of the literature with the PRISMA – ScR guidelines, reporting information sources and search strategy, eligibility criteria (PICOS tool), mode of study selection and data extraction, and ways to assess quality, control bias, and synthesize results. Finally, nine papers were selected, with three types of populations analyzed and two epistemic-methodological approaches: 1) the effects of roots at origin, the ethical and moral dilemmas of the brain drain and the possibilities of return on the well-being of highly qualified emigrants, and 2) identification of the business, economic and political aspects of the destination country that condition individual well-being, adaptation and permanence. Future lines of research will focus on both categories and evaluate their effects on brain migration, and on the origin and destination countries.
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spelling doaj-art-c6dafe55f02f4fb5ac128b97c078d9242025-08-20T02:33:32ZengElsevierMethodsX2215-01612024-12-011310306810.1016/j.mex.2024.103068Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studiesAlejandro Vega-Muñoz0Paloma González-Gómez-del-Miño1Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda2Doctoral School, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28223 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad Arturo Prat, 1110939 Iquique, ChileFacultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28223 Madrid, SpainFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, 4090541 Concepción, Chile; Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad de Las Américas, 4090940 Concepción, Chile; Corresponding author.Research on advanced human capital migration has focused on the constructs: brain drain, brain gain and brain circulation (grouped as brain migration). The behavior of brain drainers and their migration flow is affected by perceived well-being. Our study comprehensively reviews research on the well-being of highly skilled migrants in search of the constructs and classes with which well-being in brain migration is studied. Research published in the WoSCC and Scopus databases was reviewed. Subsequently, a scoping review of the literature with the PRISMA – ScR guidelines, reporting information sources and search strategy, eligibility criteria (PICOS tool), mode of study selection and data extraction, and ways to assess quality, control bias, and synthesize results. Finally, nine papers were selected, with three types of populations analyzed and two epistemic-methodological approaches: 1) the effects of roots at origin, the ethical and moral dilemmas of the brain drain and the possibilities of return on the well-being of highly qualified emigrants, and 2) identification of the business, economic and political aspects of the destination country that condition individual well-being, adaptation and permanence. Future lines of research will focus on both categories and evaluate their effects on brain migration, and on the origin and destination countries.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016124005193How to review the scope of brain migration studies.
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Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studies
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How to review the scope of brain migration studies.
title Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studies
title_full Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studies
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title_full_unstemmed Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studies
title_short Scoping review about well-being in the ‘brain migration’ studies
title_sort scoping review about well being in the brain migration studies
topic How to review the scope of brain migration studies.
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