Journal
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
Volume 130, Issue -, Pages 177-187Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.11.024
Keywords
Smog risk perception; Skilled worker; Migration intention; Jing-Jin-Ji region of China; Social exchange theory
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71603255, 71473248, 71473247, 71673271, 71273258]
- National Social Science Foundation of China [16ZDA056]
- Jiangsu Philosophy and Social Sciences Excellent Innovation Cultivation Team
- Teaching Education Reformed Practice of Jiangsu Province [JGZZ16_078]
- Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [14JD026]
- China University of Mining and Technology
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2017WB16, 2017XKZD12]
- 333 Project of Training High-level Talents of Jiangsu Province
- China Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Science [14YJC630092]
- Education Humanities and Social Science Project of Jiangsu Province [14ZHC002]
- China University of Mining and Technology [2015ZY003]
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The study explored the characteristics of skilled workers' migration intention in the Jing-Jin-Ji region of China from a new perspective of smog risk perception in response to the question does smog lead to brain drain. Quantitative research and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to contribute to the literature on risk perception by developing dimensions of smog risk perception, namely, physical health risk perception, mental health risk perception, living cost perception and government control perception. The applied boundary of social exchange theory was extended to the macro-social level from the original micro-organizational level. Based on this, the paper theoretically analyzed the hypothesis that there is a social exchange relationship between skilled workers and their city of residence. We theorized that this relationship could be upset by local smog pollution, ultimately resulting in the departure of skilled workers. The relationship between smog risk perception and migration intention was examined through correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that physical health risk perception, mental health risk perception and government control perception have significant explanatory power for skilled workers' migration intention, which corroborates that the degree to which skilled workers perceive smog risk surely affects their migration intention. However, living cost perception is not currently a significant driver of migration intention. This study suggested that an important role is played by policy makers and organizations in the smog risk perception of skilled workers.
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