“…In contrast, employment opportunities in host countries, international work experience (WEX), work environment (WE) including social, psychological and physical aspects of the workplace, higher payment rates and the quality of the living environment may convince international graduates to stay in a host country (Counsell, 2011;Tharenou, 2015). In addition, factors such as high unemployment rates and dissatisfaction with social and political systems in home countries may deter international graduates from repatriating; thus, they will stay or expatriate to another country (Pang and Appleton, 2004;Tharenou, 2015).…”