High Level Manpower Movements in Northwest Europe and the Role of Careers: An Explanatory Framework

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1 December 1983

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in International Migration Review

Vol. 17 (4) , 633-652
https://doi.org/10.1177/019791838301700403

Abstract

This article works towards a theoretical explanatory framework for analyzing the geographical patterns of labor flows between the industrial countries of Western Europe. The framework proposed is based on the disaggregated nature of the modern labor market, in which specialist skills and training result in a workforce segmented into self-contained noncompeting groups. It is applied to the migration within Northwest Europe of high level manpower, especially those moving within multinational organizations.

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