Leveraging Malaysian diaspora for cluster development initiatives

Abstract

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Talent development environment and workplace adaptation

“…Studies have shown that lack of organisational support has led to dissatisfaction among IT professional returnees, which has been found among the returnees in India (Kenny et al, 2012), and the ignorance of cross-cultural adjustment among Malaysian returnees has weakened the communication process in the working environment (Talib et al, 2012). It is, therefore, clear that the concept of WA of professional returnees includes a wide spectrum of talent development and organisational support.…”

“…Studies on factors influencing returnees' WA focus mainly on cross-cultural adjustment (Talib et al, 2012), job modification (Bercovitz et al, 2013) and long-term development (Osman-Gani and Hyder, 2008), to understand the unique needs of returnees. In addition, long-term development has been found to have a direct impact on returnee's retention in the home country workplace (Osman-Gani and Hyder, 2008).…”

Diaspora networks in international business: a review on an emerging stream of research

“…It is also to be acknowledged that individuallevel migration can be driven by more than one reason. Talib et al (2012) review and study flows of diasporas and their networks, and discuss their effects on the country level through clusters and their economic consequences.…”

“…The shared understanding provided by diaspora resources is related to socio-cultural issues and informal institutions, but moreover, its importance in terms of communication ability and language skills has been acknowledged (for example, Brinkerhoff, 2009;Hepp et al, 2011). The multiple cultural embeddedness of diaspora involves country-related advantages (see Gillespie et al, 1999;Levitt, 2001), which may also facilitate learning and action in a third-party context, that is, have multidirectional effects (see Talib et al, 2012). vissak and Zhang (2014) illustrate how diaspora knowledge disseminates innovation via entrepreneurial activity.…”

“…The level of analysis illustrates a wide spectrum of alternatives; not only are articles on macro-economic aspects central to progress, but equally central are articles having an individual, even mille-micro view (see vissak and Zhang, 2014). Meso-level foci are often in the contextual setting as industry development and clusters provide a fruitful frame for analysis (for example, Sonderegger and Täube, 2010;Talib et al, 2012).…”