Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain
| dc.contributor.author | Mattes, Robert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mniki, Namhla | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-26T16:28:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-26T16:28:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-26T07:19:28Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article reports the results of a 2002 survey of emigration potential among a representative sample of 4784 postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students at South Africa's tertiary educational institutions. The authors created a valid and reliable index of emigration potential and found slightly higher levels than those measured by identical questions in previous surveys of skilled adult South Africans. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that the factors that most increase emigration potential among South Africa's future skills base are logistical ones, including family encouragement and financial resources. Next in importance are students' prospects of a better life for themselves and their families in their target countries than in South Africa. Finally, the study showed that patriotism and strong national identity decrease emigration potential while previous travel abroad and access to information about life abroad increase it. It also found that a range of possible government attempts to make emigration more difficult would only increase students' probability of leaving the country. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03768350601165769 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mattes, R., & Mniki, N. (2010). Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain. <i>Development Southern Africa</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19878 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mattes, Robert, and Namhla Mniki "Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain." <i>Development Southern Africa</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19878 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mattes, R., & Mniki, N. (2007). Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain. Development Southern Africa, 24(1), 25-46. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0376-835X | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Mattes, Robert AU - Mniki, Namhla AB - This article reports the results of a 2002 survey of emigration potential among a representative sample of 4784 postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students at South Africa's tertiary educational institutions. The authors created a valid and reliable index of emigration potential and found slightly higher levels than those measured by identical questions in previous surveys of skilled adult South Africans. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that the factors that most increase emigration potential among South Africa's future skills base are logistical ones, including family encouragement and financial resources. Next in importance are students' prospects of a better life for themselves and their families in their target countries than in South Africa. Finally, the study showed that patriotism and strong national identity decrease emigration potential while previous travel abroad and access to information about life abroad increase it. It also found that a range of possible government attempts to make emigration more difficult would only increase students' probability of leaving the country. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Development Southern Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 0376-835X T1 - Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain TI - Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19878 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19878 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03768350601165769 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mattes R, Mniki N. Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain. Development Southern Africa. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19878. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Development Southern Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdsa20/current | |
| dc.title | Restless minds: South African students and the brain drain | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |