Title: From brain drain to brain gain in emerging markets: exploring the new agenda for global talent management in talent migration

Authors: Yanbing Mao; Marina Latukha; Louisa Selivanovskikh

Addresses: School of Economics, No. 333 Nanchen Road, Eastern Campus Shanghai University, 200444 Shanghai, China ' Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Volkhovskiy Pereulok, 3, St. Petersburg, 199004, Russia ' Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Volkhovskiy Pereulok, 3, St. Petersburg, 199004, Russia

Abstract: The research aims to provide a review of the brain gain and brain drain phenomena in the emerging market context. Specifically, we investigate the push and pull factors of talent migration focusing at society-, firm-, industry- and location-specific determinants, and develop a theoretical framework that establishes the relationships between different types of factors and global talent management. The paper extends the understanding of the role of global talent management and global talent mobility in non-Western contexts. Through a series of propositions, we claim that global talent management, as a system of practices aimed at attracting, developing and retaining talented workers on a global scale, may serve as a mediator in transforming outward talent migration into inward talent migration, thus stimulating future empirical research on the topic.

Keywords: brain drain; brain gain; emerging markets; global talent management; talent migration.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2022.123221

European Journal of International Management, 2022 Vol.17 No.4, pp.564 - 582

Received: 23 Feb 2019
Accepted: 12 Sep 2019
Published online: 06 Jun 2022 *

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