Title: The professor coming home: determinants of retention of brain gain knowledge

Authors: Joseph Darmoe

Addresses: Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, P.O. Box AH 50 Achimota, Ghana

Abstract: The need for, and retention of, knowledge workers in HEI has become important source of competitive advantage. International Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Sub-Sahara Africa have increasingly focused their attention on the recruitment of its own citizens trained in the developed world. Many studies have been done on reverse brain drain generally, with little attention paid to retention of reverse brain drain gain in international HEIs. Through an exploratory case study at a HEI in Sub-Sahara Africa, the study presents a model that highlights the factors that determine retention of reverse brain gain knowledge workers in international HEI.

Keywords: faculty retention; returning professionals; academic faculty; West Africa; Ghana; higher education; universities; knowledge workers; reverse brain drain; case study.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2017.083351

International Journal of Management in Education, 2017 Vol.11 No.2, pp.128 - 139

Received: 09 Dec 2015
Accepted: 04 May 2016
Published online: 24 Mar 2017 *

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