Redai dili (Feb 2024)
Research Progress on the Impact of Returned Overseas Talent on Regional Development
Abstract
This study responds to the current rapid increase in research on the current focus and future direction of the impact of returned overseas talent on regional development at home and abroad, which still lacks a relatively systematic literature review. The study aims to provide a scientific basis for exploring the utility of talent returning from overseas. Using CiteSpace for the literature review, we retrieved 631 relevant papers in core journals from two databases, "Web of Science" and "China National Knowledge Infrastructure." With the help of quantitative statistics, collaborative networks, and keyword hotspot evolution, we analyzed and reviewed relevant studies and drew the following conclusions: First, based on the trend of increasing of literatures, the research shows a three-stage process from to 1998-2007, to 2008-2013, and 2014-present. The studies cover a wide range of topics, including regional innovation, economic development, and social differentiation, from multiple disciplines and perspectives, such as economics, management, sociology and geography. Second, the research is constantly expanding and deepening. The research subjects were refined from returned overseas talent as a whole to returnee entrepreneurs, executives, teachers, and other returned overseas talent in different fields. Research content has gradually shifted from technological progress and innovation to economic growth and enterprise efficiency and then to social structure and social cognition. The research results within each field were systematized. Lastly, The impact of returned overseas talent on regional development mainly stems from the advantages of human capital and international social capital contributed by the overseas experience of those returning. In the context of relatively underdeveloped regions, the impact of returnees on regional innovation, economic development, and social differentiation is widespread and multiscale, from the regional, organizational, and individual levels. To conclude, the research is based on regional realities; the theoretical contributions have gradually improved and diversified, and the research methods are both qualitative and quantitative. There is scope for future research on the following aspects: exploring the impact of returned overseas talent on regional development from a spatial perspective, looking at different spatial carriers in the region, the interaction mechanism between returned overseas talent and regional development, and the data sources, and methods used to study the impact of returned overseas talent on regional development.
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