Factors contributed to the growth of IT sector in India
Keywords:
IT Sector, Migration, Development, IndiaAbstract
In the recent time has been observed that globalization and economic expansion has increased the demand of highly skilled labor especially in the IT sector. The increase in demand occurred due to the huge shortage of the highly skilled labor in the OECD countries (OECD, 2002). International mobility of highly skilled includes broadly IT professionals, researchers, student, business managers and doctors etc. However, it has been found that the flow of temporary migration or circular migration is occurring frequently as compared to permanent migration in the recent time. One of the major reason for mobility of highly skilled professionals is due to the transfers of worker within the horizon of MNCs, which is called intra company transfers and due to this factor, the mobility of international highly qualified labor is increasing day by day. Intra company transfers and temporary visa programs all stipulate the demand of temporary migration in important sectors. It has been noticed that factors which derive the mobility are different according to the occupation for example, a academician or researcher move due to R&D and better facilities in the developed nations (Dodani and LaPorte, 2005) and on the other hand, the highly skilled professionals especially IT professionals mobility is increasing due to the growth and mushrooming of multinational companies in developing nations. The paper tries to analyze this recent trend of circular migration.
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