International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations

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Autor(a) principal: Peixoto, João
Data de Publicação: 1999
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2066
Resumo: Paper presented to ESRI Thematic Research Workshop on Economic Actors, National Systems and International Contexts, September 21-24, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark (draft version)
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spelling International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporationsInternational trendsWorld EconomyHighly SkilledMigration FlowInternational FirmsPaper presented to ESRI Thematic Research Workshop on Economic Actors, National Systems and International Contexts, September 21-24, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark (draft version)It is a widely known phenomenon that labour is one of the less mobile factors of production. National and cultural differences among populations, the ever-present risks of migration (the rupture with local ties, both the personal and the job-related ones) and political resistance to mobility (more acute, at present, from the receiving societies) are the most cited reasons for the inertia of labour movements. We must admit that this kind of constraints seems to apply mainly to low and medium skilled workers, which represent the most important groups of international migrants nowadays. We could argue that, by contrast, the highly skilled segments can be exempted fromthis resistance, and constitute the most mobile portion of the labour force. If we consider, particularly, those moving within the framework of transnational corporations, their relatively scarce skills, particular condition in face of the labour markets (organisational careers), and the fact that they represent not only themselves but also the capital flows to which they are associated, suggest its greater fluidity in migration terms. In reality, the number of highly skilled migrants moving within the organisational structure of transnational corporations is still very low. As a result, the proportion of "national" staff continues to be dominant in local branches of transnational corporations. The clear trend to growth that indeed exists is faced with a number of powerful obstacles to mobility. These cover a wide array of variables: economic and financial, political and juridical, social and cultural, labour markets related or individual and familial ones. The most important increase in mobility thus seems to happen with business travels (short-term) and not with the classical migrant (long-term) flows.Research project on the "Migration of Highly Skilled Workers in Portugal". Project support provided by the JNICT (the current Foundation for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology) and the DGOT (Department for Territorial Planning, Ministry of Territorial Planning), which conceded a grant for the entire project (PDGT/QRH/392/94)ISEG - SOCIUSRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPeixoto, João2010-05-26T10:53:35Z19991999-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2066engPeixoto, João. 1999. "International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão – SOCIUS Working papers nº 04/1999info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:33:18Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2066Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:50:09.107741Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
spellingShingle International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
Peixoto, João
International trends
World Economy
Highly Skilled
Migration Flow
International Firms
title_short International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
title_full International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
title_fullStr International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
title_full_unstemmed International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
title_sort International firms, national managers: the obstacles to migration of highly skilled labour in transnational corporations
author Peixoto, João
author_facet Peixoto, João
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Peixoto, João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv International trends
World Economy
Highly Skilled
Migration Flow
International Firms
topic International trends
World Economy
Highly Skilled
Migration Flow
International Firms
description Paper presented to ESRI Thematic Research Workshop on Economic Actors, National Systems and International Contexts, September 21-24, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark (draft version)
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