关键词: 海外人才, 人才政策, 工作动机和需求, 海外人才政策, 科研激励因子, 工作保健因子

Abstract: The study intends to provide evidence for talent policies in China by exploring the question concerning attracting and retaining overseas talents: What motivates academic talents to move across borders? Using Singapore as a case, we surveyed faculty with China-origin who are currently working in three major universities in Singapore and identified the factors crucial for attracting overseas Chinese talents to the city-state, and highlighted variations across nationality groups, age groups and career stages. Based on factor analysis of the survey data, we found that young scholars in early stage of career are more motivated by incentive factors in the working environment such as research support and career development opportunities, while established scholars pay more attention to hygiene factors for work such as job stability, remuneration and research network. The findings suggest that talent policies should have different priorities when targeting different groups of overseas scholars.

Key words: overseas talent, talent policy, work motivations &, demands, incentive factors for research, hygiene factors for work