Can Intentions to Emigrate be Explained through Individual Values? An Exploratory Study in Lithuania

Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė (), Audra I. Mockaitis (), Jurga Duobienė (), Ineta Žičkutė () and Vilmantė Liubinienė ()
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Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė: Kaunas University of Technology
Audra I. Mockaitis: Maynooth University
Jurga Duobienė: Kaunas University of Technology
Ineta Žičkutė: Kaunas University of Technology
Vilmantė Liubinienė: Kaunas University of Technology

Chapter 8 in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business, 2023, pp 165-182 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines the factors that affect individuals’ emigration intentions. We measure individual-level values, using the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) in a sample of 1250 non-migrant Lithuanians. The results revealed that individual-level values are important determinants of migration intentions. Both the sub-dimensions of individual-level values and higher-order value dimensions were significantly associated with intention to emigrate. The higher-order value dimensions were all significant predictors of intention to emigrate with the exception of self-transcendence. Values were stronger predictors than demographic variables. However, we did not measure additional factors, such as push-pull factors in the international business environment, and personal circumstances of individuals. While we found individual values to be important predictors, they are only a set of factors in the migration decision.

Keywords: Values; Intentions to migrate; Lithuania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38886-6_8

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