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Does Demography Determine Talent?, Philip Zerrillo
Does Demography Determine Talent?, Philip Zerrillo
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Among the map of forces that shape a business environment, one of the permanent, pertinent and powerful factors is a nation’s demographics.
Blaunet: An R-Based Graphical User Interface Package To Analyze Blau Space, Michael Genkin, Cheng Wang, George Berry, Matthew E. Brashears
Blaunet: An R-Based Graphical User Interface Package To Analyze Blau Space, Michael Genkin, Cheng Wang, George Berry, Matthew E. Brashears
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
McPherson’s Blau space and affiliation ecology model is a powerful tool for analyzing the ecological competition among social entities, such as organizations, along a combination of sociodemographic characteristics of their members. In this paper we introduce the R-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) package Blaunet, an integrated set of tools to calculate, visualize, and analyze the statuses of individuals and social entities in Blau space, parameterized by multiple sociodemographic traits as dimensions. The package is able to calculate the Blau statuses at the nodal, dyadic, and meso levels based on three types of information: sociodemographic characteristics, group affiliations (e.g., membership in …
Book Review: Multinational Maids: Stepwise Migration In A Global Labor Market By Anju Mary Paul, Andy Scott Chang
Book Review: Multinational Maids: Stepwise Migration In A Global Labor Market By Anju Mary Paul, Andy Scott Chang
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
From Singapore and Tel Aviv to Rome and Vancouver, Filipina domestic workers have captured the hearts of international employers, thanks to their English proficiency, educational attainment, and cosmopolitan outlook. Though confined to indentured servitude in nearly every country, Filipinas trot the world scouring for higher salaries, job security, and even pathways to citizenship. Their Indonesian counterparts likewise undertake multinational journeys, beginning in neighboring Malaysia and concluding in high-wage economies like Taiwan. But while Filipinas view employment in newly industrial economies as a springboard for the West, Indonesians display limited interest in settlement outside origin communities, content as they are with …