The Limits of Immigration Policies

Oishi, Nana

The Limits of Immigration Policies

2012

Oishi, Nana

Despite its open and lenient policies for highly skilled migration, Japan has not been successful in attracting many professionals from overseas. Japanese corporations have also found it difficult to retain migrant professionals. This article, based on qualitative interviews with migrant professionals and corporate managers in the Tokyo metropolitan area, examines why the world’s third largest economy still remains a considerably small magnet for global talent. It also analyzes what kind of individual and institutional factors prevent migrant professionals’ long-term settlement in Japan. The article addresses the limits of immigration policies and emphasizes the importance of reforms in corporate structures, business practices, and overall integration policies in Japan.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

corporations human resources immigration integration interviews japan managers

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

American behavioral scientist

Numéro 8 Pagination 1080 - 1100 ISSN 1552-3381

Editeur

SAGE Publications

D'autres materias

Metropolitan areas; Immigration policies; Global talent; Professionals; Highly skilled migration; Issues and policy

Langue

anglais

Note

Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: The author gratefully acknowledges a generous grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for this project (Grant No. 21530552).

Sous-titre

The Challenges of Highly Skilled Migration in Japan

Type

Journal Article; Text

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DOI DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764212441787

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