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Students' Intentions to Leave Croatia: The Extent of Potential "Brain Drain" and Its Determinants in 1995, 1997 and 2004

Iva ŠVERKO


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str. 1149-1174

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In this study on extent, reasons and determinants of potential
"brain drain" from Croatia, we examined university students'
intentions to leave the country in the years 1995, 1997 and
2004. We found that in 2004 as much as 75.3% of students
think about moving abroad after finishing their studies and
that 22.5% of students would rather start their career abroad
than in Croatia. The main reason for their possible departure
is primarily the better economic situation in foreign countries,
as are also better prospects for postgraduate education and
professional improvement. In the last ten years we can see a
very slow trend of potential "brain drain" extent reduction,
accompanied with a slight increase of importance of
developmental reasons for moving abroad. The main
determinants of students' intentions to leave the country are
psychological in nature. The intention to move abroad is
mostly defined by students' perception of value achievement
probability: students who want to leave the country are most
certain that in other foreign countries they can achieve their
values better. The motivational determinants of potential
"brain drain" were not examined in earlier studies, but this
study confirms their importance. In the study of complex
human behavior, as the intention to leave the country
certainly is, a thorough analysis of psychological
(motivational) determinants is essential.

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Hrčak ID:

18099

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/18099

Datum izdavanja:

31.12.2005.

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