سعیده بزرگ زاد

The study is to investigate the socio-economic factors affecting elite tendency to emigrate abroad. The research method is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In the qualitative section, 22 semi-structured interviews were conducted through purposeful sampling with the elite covered by the Elite Science Foundation in 2018. Interviews with inductive, open coding and open source code based on common-sense semantics and continuous sub-class comparisons, and subcategories and main categories were categorized. The results of this stage showed that the main factors and problems enumerated by the respondents about the tendency of elites to emigrate abroad are: scientific, social, cultural, economic, managerial, planning, legal and communication and technological infrastructure. In the quantitative section, with using survey method and questionnaire technique, required information is gathered. The sample size was estimated 183 by Cochran formula and then 200 people were surveyed by simple random sampling. In this study, the factors affecting elite migration were investigated based on the theory of Everett Lee and after regression analysis, it was observed that social and scientific factors (barriers) at the origin, scientific and social factors at the destination and intervening factors at the destination affect the tendency of elites to migrate abroad.

The purpose of this study is to assess the attitudes of elites under the auspices of the National Elite Foundation of Tehran Province about social, economic and scientific research factors in origin and destination as repulsive and attractive factors and how they affect the tendency of elites to emigrate abroad. The research method was qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative section, 22 semi-structured and in-depth interviews were conducted with purposive sampling in 2018. The interviews were inductively coded, then categorized into subclasses and subcategories. The results of this stage showed that problems: social, economic, managerial, planning, legal and communication and technological infrastructures are among the factors repelling the migration of elites. In the quantitative section and survey method, 200 people were surveyed by cluster and quota methods. According to the theories of the world system, the pattern of cosmopolitanism, Lee and structural duality, dignity crisis, human capital and relative deprivation of factors affecting the migration of elites were explored. After regression analysis, it was observed that scientific, social and intervention factors in the destination and social factors at the origin affect the tendency of elites to emigrate abroad.