International Labor Mobility to and from Taiwan
This book is the first to cover the research of whole aspects of international mobility to and from Taiwan of both skilled and unskilled workers. The migration of skilled workers is a field that has not been well researched, although it is becoming very i
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Yumiko Nakahara
International Labor Mobility to and from Taiwan
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Yumiko Nakahara
International Labor Mobility to and from Taiwan
123
Yumiko Nakahara Faculty of Management Kyushu Sangyo University Fukuoka Japan
ISSN 2191-5504 SpringerBriefs in Economics ISBN 978-981-10-6046-5 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-6047-2
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Preface
My interest in the subject of international labor mobility to and from Taiwan dates back to my tenure in the Computer Division at Sharp Corporation in the 1990s, where I worked in several joint projects with Taiwanese ICT companies for the advancement of personal computers. These companies comprised returnees from the US, who were well equipped with the acquired knowledge of advanced technologies, and spoke English fluently. Contrastingly, in the factory attached to the office, many foreign laborers constituted the unskilled labor in the manufacturing line. These two opposing aspects of international labor mobility in the Taiwanese industries particularly impressed me, and could be considered the starting point of some of my most significant research. This book is a product of my long exploration of international labor mobility to and from Taiwan since the starting point. I am deeply indebted to my supervisors in both my master’s and doctoral degrees, Prof. Hitoshi Hirakawa and Prof. Osamu Ishida, respectively. Without the
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