Career–family strategies and spatial mobility among South Korean women scholars. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yoon, Hyejin; Kim, Hyosun
• Is Part Of: Asian and Pacific migration journal. Volume 27:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 101
• Page End: 120
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: mobility -- scholars -- relations -- gender -- family; Asia -- Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; Pacific Area -- Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; Migration, Internal -- Asia -- Periodicals; Migration, Internal -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Emigration and immigration; Migration, Internal; Asia; Pacific Area; Periodicals; 325
• DOI: 10.1177/0117196818760863
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0117-1968

Abstract

This paper examines the mobility of female South Korean scholars and their career–family strategies for negotiating their relationships. Despite the importance of the relations and social capital of workers, previous studies on the mobility of highly skilled professionals have overlooked their social and personal relationships. South Korean women scholars consider not only career opportunities but also familial relations in the process of migration decision-making. To negotiate their relationships, they adopt strategies to build and maintain their relations at various geographic levels. Their strategies for making networks are complex and vary according to career, personal and familial goals.