Description |
1 online resource (185 pages) |
Series |
Routledge Malaysian Studies Ser |
|
Routledge Malaysian Studies Ser
|
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Figures; Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and glossary; Chapter 1: Introduction: The political economy of brain drain and talent capture; An overview of brain drain and talent capture; International political economy; National structural forces; Individual agency and configurations of identity; Synopsis of the book; Notes; Chapter 2: Brain drain and talent capture in Malaysia: Rethinking conventional narratives; Debating the brain drain |
|
Contextualizing the brain drain: the case of MalaysiaThe magnitude of Malaysia's brain drain; Analysing Malaysia's brain drain; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Singapore's quest for foreign talent: Chinese migrant workers and the growing citizen-foreigner divide; The talent narrative in Singapore; Singapore's foreign talent policy and social tensions; Foreign talents and work permits; Foreign and local talents; Nationalistic and cosmopolitan Singapore; Flexible economy and rigid ruling system; Ethnicity and nationality; Travails of Chinese foreign talents; Jennifer from Malaysia |
|
Brock from Hong KongOscar from mainland China; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Overseas Singaporeans, coming-of-career narratives and the corporate nation; The Republic of Singapore, or Singapore Inc.; Coming-of-career narratives; Conversations on Coming Home, or suggestions on how to further your career; One-sided conversations; Notes; Chapter 5: Ethnicity-based policies as the main factor of Malaysian brain drain? Re-examining the distribution of opportunities for education and employment; Education; Employment; Empirical evidence; Conclusion; Notes |
|
Chapter 6: Talent and technological innovation in Malaysia, with lessons from ChinaTalent and technology in the Malaysian context; Alternative pathways to development; Income per capita, population growth and technology outputs; Industrial development and brain gain in China; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Talent, teams and training: Managing Muslim markets in Malaysia and Singapore; Halal in Southeast Asia; Making modern halal markets; Halal in Malaysia; Halal in Singapore; Talent, teams and training in Malaysia and Singapore; Conclusion; Notes |
|
Chapter 8: Conclusion: The comparative political economy of talent, identity and ethnic hierarchyFuture directions for academic research and policy; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Brain drain -- Malaysia
|
|
Brain drain -- Singapore
|
|
Technological innovations -- Malaysia
|
|
Technological innovations -- Singapore
|
|
Foreign workers -- Malaysia
|
|
Brain drain.
|
|
Foreign workers.
|
|
Technological innovations.
|
|
Malaysia.
|
|
Singapore.
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
ISBN |
9780429773174 |
|
042977317X |
|
9780429773167 |
|
0429773161 |
|
9780429773150 |
|
0429773153 |
|
9780429430503 |
|
0429430507 |
|
1138366072 |
|
9781138366077 |
|