Intersectionality of The High-Skilled Professionals’ Retention Decisions: Evidence From H1b Records.

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Abstract: Drawing from Social Dominance Theory, we analyzed the intersection between country of origin and gender on global professionals’ staying rate in the U.S. and proposed social status prospects as an important driver of migration decisions. Utilizing the H1B visa data, Study 1 revealed a relatively higher rate of female stayers in EA professionals (vs. outside EA) and a relatively lower rate of female stayers in Northern and Western European professionals (vs. outside NW Europe). Additionally, political gender parity scores indicated that high male advantage in their home country’s social status prospects and low male advantage of their heritage group in the U.S. explained the relatively higher female staying rate. In Study 2, we tested how men and women young professionals in China react differently towards gender parity conditions among EA Americans in the U.S. in terms of their status prospects and, thus, their intention to work in the U.S.

Track: CULTGEN

Keywords: Culture psychology; Asian American; Intersectionality; Immigrants; H1B