Open AccessProfessional Development as Determinant of Polish Emigration and the Possibility of its Implementation Abroad
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Wesołowska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
edukacja ekonomistów i menedżerów
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1734-087X
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.2378
Subject(s) - emigration , respondent , human capital , brain drain , work abroad , work (physics) , human capital theory , circulation (fluid dynamics) , business , psychology , political science , demographic economics , public relations , economic growth , economics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering
The aim of the article is to assess the impact of emigration on the level of acquiring new or expanding existing knowledge and skills. The survey made it possible to get answers from 160 respondents, Poles, who have been abroad for at least 12 months. The obtained results indicate that nearly every fourth respondent, deciding on emigration, was guided by the desire to acquire new or develop the existing competences, and almost every fifth expressed the desire to work in an international environment. 84% of respondents declare acquisition or development of knowledge and skills, which are used by most of the respondents in their present job thanks to working abroad. Every third respondent also indicates that she/he wants to return to her/his home country or go to another third country. This means that migration contributes to the enrichment of human capital and the brain circulation between countries.