Studying the Social Construction of the Elite International Migration and Its Developmental Consequences Using Grounded Method

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

Atefeh Shakiba Rad ¹ , Haeideh , Saberi ² , Mehrdad Sabet ³

1 - Clinical Psychology PhD Student, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author and Advisor).
3 - Assistant Professor of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Tehran, Iran. (Advisor)

Received: 2021-11-26 Accepted : 2021-12-26 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: development, migration, Grounded Theory, Elites,

Abstract :

Studying the Social Construction of the Elite International Migration and Its Developmental Consequences Using Grounded MethodAbstractTo study the Semantic reconstruction of the elite international migration and its consequences in development dimension in particular using grounded method is the main objective of this research. The research field includes migrant elites who were migrating during this research in 2021. After semi-structured interview with 35 of them, data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's systematic method. From data codification, 97 primary codes, 24 subcategories, 11 major categories were extracted. In a designed paradigm model, causal conditions include quality of life, lack of meritocracy; contextual conditions include values, taste and lifestyle, career and management structure failure, weakness of freedom indices; and, intervening conditions include support network, normative pressure, and social constraints. The present research shows that through individual adaptability and mental neutralization the elites cope with ethical conditions and crisis resulting from the thought of their duty for their country of origin. From the interviewees´ point of view, elite migration has consequences and results for Iran development including work quality decrease, and failure in development. From the elites´ point of view, to improve the situation some tactics could be implemented based on strategies to support the elite including encouragements for them to stay in their country, removing obstacles, establishing elite participation grounds, and solutions for their return.Keywords: migration, elites, development, grounded theory