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Gender, Rootedness, Normative Beliefs and Emigration Intentions of Slovak University Students

“…Furthermore, a higher level of global normative beliefs was related to emigration intentions among females with a lower level of home and family satisfaction when compared to females with a higher level of home and family satisfaction. In line with previous findings (Frieze & Li, 2010;Leith, 2011;Sheikh et al, 2012), the present results confirm the importance of the rootedness in relation to emigration intentions.…”

“…On the other hand, the present results also revealed a negative association between emigration intentions and descriptive normative beliefs about family among females. This result might be supported by some evidence that the influence of family and friends on the emigration decision can be greater for females (De Jong & Gardner, 2013) as well as by the migrant personality theory (Boneva et al, 1998;Frieze & Li, 2010). This states that typical migrants (among other things) look for opportunities to migrate despite the fact that other people around them are satisfied with their situation and don 0 t want to leave.…”

“…The role of gender in emigration intentions has not been sufficiently explored and existing models tend to be mostly based on the experience of men. Therefore, it is important that the models reflect the experience of both genders equally (Frieze & Li, 2010;Kofman, 2000). Pfeiffer and colleagues (2007) stress that research on the role of gender still lacks a consistent theoretical framework and available empirical evidence is insufficient and often difficult to interpret.…”