The Peculiarities of Knowledge Workers Migration in Europe and the World
Keywords:
knowledge workers, knowledge worker’s mi-gration, migration theories, “brain drain”, “brain gain”, knowledge worker’s migration determinants.Abstract
The problem of knowledge workers migration is ex-tremely important in the knowledge economy conditions. Scientific researches point out the probability to assess the consequences of knowledge workers migration to the source country’s economy. However there are many mis-understandings in knowledge workers definitions. Con-sidering this the conception of knowledge workers is crystallised in this article. The basic theoretical findings are made on knowledge workers migration as well. There are analysed migration theories which should be used explaining the reasons and consequences of high skilled migration. Positive and negative effects of knowledge workers migration for “source” and “purpose” countries are highlighted in the article as well. The practical find-ings are based on analysis of knowledge workers migra-tion’s tendencies in Europe and the World. As the out-come of theoretical analysis the determinants affecting knowledge worker’s decision to migrate are systemised. The methods how to avoid or control the knowledge workers migration are suggested in the article.
