Our research will discuss global talent management from a sustainable talent perspective. This study will examine the brain circulation phenomenon and its impact on qualified professional immigrant contribution and resilience, in a work environment highly interconnected by IT after the Covid-19 Pandemic experience.
We will be using a qualitative exploratory approach to take a closer look at a snowball sample of talented Brazilian professionals who, over the past 10 years have chosen to work in Canada. We examine their motivations and experiences, and their membership and continuing participation in personal and professional networks in Canada and Brazil. Our research will involve networking associations and organizations that are located in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa, and so will be closely connected to the theme of Building Migrant Resilience in Cities.
- Semi-structured interviews will be conducted virtually. Participants will be asked about their professional trajectory, reasons for immigration, experience living in Canada, professional and personal plans for the future and participation in personal and professional networks. We will also examine the stimulus that employers and government policymakers have provided for the establishment and fortification of Canadian-Brazilian network collaboration. We plan to begin interviews upon receipt of institutional ethics approval with preliminary analysis completed for the TM Workshop in Cork.
Summer 2022
- Seek approval for the project from the Research Ethics Boards at UWindsor, BrockU and York U.
- Develop all resources including interview questions.
Fall 2022
- Extend our academic literature review related to migrant resilience, networking, and global implications and sustainability.
- Present conceptual paper at Talent Management Workshop in Cork, Ireland – collect feedback to shape the study’s contribution.
- Data collection.
Winter 2023
- Write-up results and submit to a peer-reviewed journal.
- Produce a research digest and develop a webinar for BMRC.
Knowledge Mobilization:
- We will share BMRC-IMRU research findings to academic, NGO, government and public audiences through the BMRC-IMRU website, newsletters, and research digests, and the websites and newsletters of the NCCE and the University of Windsor (UW) EPI Centre.
- In October 2022, the project team presented at the 11th EIASM Workshop on Talent Management in Cork, Ireland. For the presentation, click here
Project Director:
- Marcia Carvalho de Azevedo
- Francine Schlosser, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor
- Deborah McPhee, Department Chair and Professor of Human Resource Managment, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
- Brazilian – Canadian networking associations in Montreal, Toronto.
What is our approach?
We will be using a qualitative exploratory approach to take a closer look at a snowball sample of talented Brazilian professionals who, over the past 10 years have chosen to work in Canada. We examine their motivations and experiences, and their membership and continuing participation in personal and professional networks in Canada and Brazil. Our research will involve networking associations and organizations that are located in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa, and so will be closely connected to the theme of Building Migrant Resilience in Cities.
