TY - BOOK AU - Binti Jauhar,Junaimah AU - Abdul Ghani,Ahmad Bashawir AU - Islam,Rabiul ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Brain Drain: Propensity for Malaysian Professionals to Leave for Singapore SN - 9789811009778(ebook:PDF) U1 - 331 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Singapore(Imprint) KW - Labor economics KW - Migration KW - Political economy KW - Emerging Markets/Globalization N1 - Chapter 1: General Introduction -- Chapter 2: Malaysia's Development Policies -- Chapter 3: Literature Review -- Chapter 4: Research Methodology -- Data Analysis and Results -- Chapter 6: Discussion, Recommendations and Conclusions N2 - This book focuses on skilled labour migration from Malaysia to Singapore. In this regard, it examines a number of variables such as Better Perks and Benefits, Quality of Work Life, Ease of Immigration Procedures, International Exposure, Greater Job Availability, and Social Networks, and how they influence the decisions of Malaysian accounting professionals. In doing so, the book elaborates on how this phenomenon is an indirect result of globalization, which is predominantly detrimental for developing countries such as Malaysia. The book also highlights the need for these experts in their home country, as Malaysia is currently striving to improve its economy in order to achieve high-income status by 2020 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0977-8 ER -