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International Migration Aspirations of Myanmar-educated Nurses : Implications for Japan as a Destination

CARLOS, Maria Reinaruth D.; OLPOC, John Rey C., 2021.06.30. <TD32149042>
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コミュニティコード 紀要論文
コレクションコード 龍谷大学国際社会文化研究所紀要
コレクションコード 第23号
タイトル International Migration Aspirations of Myanmar-educated Nurses : Implications for Japan as a Destination
言語 eng
タイトル(その他) ミャンマー人看護師の国際移動 : 海外就労についての希望と就労先としての日本へのインプリケーションに注目して
作成者 CARLOS, Maria Reinaruth D.
作成者 OLPOC, John Rey C.
公開者 龍谷大学国際社会文化研究所
NCID AA11872617
JaLCDOI info:doi/10.50873/9098
雑誌名 龍谷大学国際社会文化研究所紀要
23
開始ページ 29
終了ページ 53
主題 Myanmar
主題 Japan
主題 Care worker
主題 Nurse migration
主題 ミャンマー
主題 日本
主題 介護労働者
主題 看護師の移動
発行日 2021.06.30
寄与者 カルロス, レイナルース
寄与者 オルポク, ジョンレイ
登録日 2021.09.28
資料種別(NIIタイプ) 紀要論文
URI(アイテム表示画面) http://hdl.handle.net/10519/9098
著者版フラグ publisher
SORTKEY 003
ISSN(NII) 18800807
アブストラクト One of Japan's major policies to address the serious shortage of care workers today is the active employment of workers, many of them nursing graduates, from ASEAN countries, mainly the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. However, in recent years, due to intense competition for human resources among receiving countries and also its shortage in the major source countries, Japan turns its attention to Myanmar. As a new phenomenon, research studies on Myanmar nurses coming to Japan to work in its nursing care sector are very few. In this paper, we attempt to fill this gap by discussing the nursing education and labor market and also Japan's system in employing foreign care workers ; and identify the issues and concerns related to these. Then, through surveys and interviews, we examine the behavior of professional nurses and nursing students in Myanmar towards international migration and assess its implications for Japan as a destination. Our findings will be based on the results of our survey of nursing students (n=154) and nurses currently working in hospitals (n=185) in Mandalay and Yangon regarding their international migration behavior, particularly their aspiration to work overseas, their top three choices of destination and their criteria for choosing their aspired top destination.To capture to what extent Myanmar can be a potential source of care workers, we also asked them if they wish to work in Japan or not, what kind of job they prefer to do, and the reasons for their answer. Based on our results, we found that many Myanmar nurses are interested to work in Japan primarily because of the high salary, skills acquisition, career growth and interest in its culture. These results are similar to those identified for other preferred destinations such as Singapore. However, in the case of Japan, there are major barriers in the smooth deployment of these care workers, including the perceived difficulty in gaining proficiency in the Japanese language and the nature of the job (working as care workers). We end this paper by offering some suggestions for the sustainable deployment of nurses from Myanmar to Japan.