“Brain Drains”: Evaluating International Transfer Intention among International Business Program Graduates

Human capital is one of vital resources in order to drive economic growth and country development. Failure to sustain them in the country leads issue of brain drains phenomenon. Subsequent to this issue, the country will face losses of high skilled workforce. Therefore, this phenomenon should be addressed properly to avoid the talents migration or intension to leave the country to gain better career development abroad. In view of the above, this study attempts to investigate and evaluate the drivers of brain drains intention among graduates in International Business program. The study examines four main constructs that cause to the brain drains; salary and benefits, family reason, workplace environment and political reason. This study employed quantitative approach via randomly distributing online questionnaires to 260 respondents. The study findings revealed that, political reason contribute to the strongest correlation towards intention to migrate. Furthermore, all constructs were positively and significantly contributes to the intention to migrate among International Business graduates. This study also highlights the study significance, limitations and recommendations for future research.