Original scientific paper
East-West European Migration and the Role of Motivation in Emigration Desires
Bonka Boneva
; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Irene H. Frieze
; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Anuška Ferligoj
; University of Ljubliana, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Eva Jarošová
; University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Daniela Pauknerová
; University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Aida Orgocka
; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Abstract
International migration has been extensively studied in the second half of the century, but mainly from economic, demographic, sociological and cultural-anthropological viewpoints. Psychologists have shown somewhat less interest in the issue, focusing on acculturation and adjustment problems of migrants. With the globalization and acceleration of migration at present, the authors argue, psychologists should also get more involved in better understanding the "migrant personality". They propose a model of the motivational structure of emigrants. This model was tested with 1,050 college students in three Central/East European countries: Albania, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. As predicted, it was found that students who want to emigrate have higher achievement and power motivation than students who do not want to emigrate. If this pattern is confirmed in other studies, this could have a significant effect on migration policy and research.
Keywords
international migration; motivation; Albania; Czech Republic; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
126636
URI
Publication date:
30.12.1997.
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