Y F Tseng
Biographic Data
| ID | 8114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Y F Tseng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Y F |
| FAMILY NAME | Tseng |
| SIGNATURE | TSENG Y F |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Taiwan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1334-8957 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 184 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Gender, work, and mobility
Over the past decade, the number of white-collar migrants employed in Japan’s corporate headquarters has increased notably. While previous research underscores the challenges Japanese firms face in attracting and retaining foreign professionals, the rapidly growing presence of skilled migrants calls for renewed attention to Japan’s continued appeal. Focusing on young, college-educated Taiwanese women, this study examines why they move from a soci…
Geo-Politics and the Changing Social Imaginaries of Hong Kong Immigrants in Taiwan
Settlement intentions among Taiwanese skilled migrants in Tokyo and Hong Kong
While many countries now prioritise accepting skilled migrants to meet labour demand in a globalised economy, retaining them has been a challenge. Low retention is often attributed to immigration policy failures and/or skill mismatches in the labour market. This paper argues that besides career issues, skilled migrants’ cultural aspirations and their sense of ‘civic belonging’ are significant factors when evaluating migration outcomes and the pro…
Becoming global talent? Taiwanese white-collar migrants in Japan
As more governments implement skill-based migration policies, understanding how policymakers, employers and migrants evaluate and interpret skills is of great importance. Based on a study of Taiwanese white-collar migrant workers in Japan, this article treats skills as socially constructed and offers an opportunity to investigate how skill is experienced across borders. This article makes contribution to skilled migration research by investigatin…
When “global talents” struggle to become local workers
Although more Japanese companies are recruiting foreign employees, few studies have paid attention to foreign workers’ struggles in the workplace and their perceptions of their career over the long term. This study qualitatively explores the experiences of Asian and European locally hired white-collar employees in Japanese firms. It finds that although their numbers are rising, foreigners struggle with Japanese firms’ expectations for foreigners …
Governing Migrant Workers at a Distance
This paper explores how a liberal democratic state keeps migrant workers in temporary status by preventing their permanent settlement. Using Taiwan’s guestworker policy as an example, we argue that through expertise discourses and strategies of “governance at a distance” involving private sector, the Taiwan government has formulated policies and implemented measures that effectively kept guestworkers in temporary status. Analyzing Taiwan’s guestw…
Reconfiguring citizenship and nationality
Many researchers have redefined citizenship to better understand the membership status aspired and demanded by contemporary migrants. As a result, the concept of ‘membership’ as opposed to citizenship was proposed in delineating the decoupling between citizenship and nationality; immigrant demands for rights and state policies in response can thereby be interpreted without considering the political meanings of citizenship. However, the decoupling…
Shanghai Rush
While global cities obviously require a supply of skilled workers, the latter are equally dependent on high-level job markets and lifestyles offered by global cities. Drawing from empirical research on skilled Taiwanese migration to Shanghai, this article argues that, with the exception of those at the top rank, most skilled migrants cannot afford to be rootless, for a number of valid economic, social and cultural reasons. Many benefit from speci…
Rethinking Residential Assimilation
In this paper, we re-examine new patterns of residential assimilation through the case of a sprawling Chinese ethnoburb in the San Gabriel Valley, California, focusing on the following questions: How have Chinese immigrants of diverse origins and socioeconomic backgrounds negotiated their way into the suburbia of an immigrant gateway metropolis? What is a Chinese ethnoburb like and how does it differ from traditional Chinatowns and from typical A…
Chinese Business and the Asian Crisis . David Ip , Constance Lever-Tracy , Noel Tracy
From "Us" to "Them"
Global diasporas-a type of social formation mediating economic, political, and cultural affairs across borders-have been a focus of globalization researchers for some time. However, up to now, little knowledge exists on how social identification affects business participation in diaspora communities and how such participation modifies social identification. This article, based on empirical research on diasporic linkages between Taiwanese transnat…
Regrounding the 'Ungrounded Empires
The emerging literature on transnationalism has reshaped the study of immigration in the USA from 'melting pot' and later 'salad bowl', to 'switching board', which emphasizes the ability of migrants to forge and maintain ties to their home countries. Often under the heading of 'transnationalism from below', these studies highlight an alternative form of globalization, in which migrants act as active agents to initiate and structure global interac…
The Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Capital
Much of the literature concerning international investment focuses on the movement of capital or trade flows and does not cover the persons who migrate with the capital, even though in a globalizing economic system new conditions emerge for the international migration of capitalists. On the one hand, capital owners have been recruited directly by business migration programmes in countries such as Canada, Australia, and the US. On the other hand, …
Immigration Consulting Firms in Taiwanese Business Immigration
Today various countries actively promote business migration programs to bring in more resourceful immigrants, thereby increasing immigration channels for people with physical capital. How to match the right migrants with the right destinations has become a business niche for private agencies. In this article, I analyze the impact of the immigration industry on the immigration process, based on a case study of Taiwanese business immigration. Immig…
Beyond “Little Taipei”
Both in their choice to settle in predominantly noncoethnic neighborhoods and in their economic development, recent Taiwanese immigrants in Los Angeles represent a fundamental break with the past. It is this new type of economic development that brings an unprecedented impact on the society at large. However, these unique features of Taiwanese immigrant business and their implications to the host society remain understudied. Quantitative as well …
"Beyond "Little Taipei
Yen-Fen Tseng, Beyond "Little Taipei": The Development of Taiwanese Immigrant Businesses in Los Angeles, The International Migration Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, Special Issue: Diversity and Comparability: International Migrants in Host Countries on Four Continents (Spring, 1995), pp. 33-58
Chinese Ethnic Economy
In the past decade, Los Angeles has emerged as the single largest Chinese business center in the US. However, unlike the Chinese economies in New York and San Francisco which are concentrated in Chinatown, Chinese businesses in Los Angeles have formed multinuclear concentrations in suburban communities in the San Gabriel Valley. With an inflow of capital and entrepreneurs from the Chinese diaspora, the valley’s economy has become an integral part…
Divergent Diasporas
Divergentes diasporas : les communautés chinoises de New York et de Los Angeles Roger WALDINGER et Yenfen TSENG Les universitaires devraient prendre en compte le fait que la diversité socio-économique est l'un des traits les plus marquants de l'immigration depuis le milieu des années soixante. Cet article compare la situation des Chinois de Los Angeles avec celle de New York afin de souligner la diversité interne de ces deux commuanutés et la dif…
Governing Migrant Workers at a Distance
This paper explores how a liberal democratic state keeps migrant workers in temporary status by preventing their permanent settlement. Using Taiwan’s guestworker policy as an example, we argue that through expertise discourses and strategies of “governance at a distance” involving private sector, the Taiwan government has formulated policies and implemented measures that effectively kept guestworkers in temporary status. Analyzing Taiwan’s guestw…
Regrounding the 'Ungrounded Empires
The emerging literature on transnationalism has reshaped the study of immigration in the USA from 'melting pot' and later 'salad bowl', to 'switching board', which emphasizes the ability of migrants to forge and maintain ties to their home countries. Often under the heading of 'transnationalism from below', these studies highlight an alternative form of globalization, in which migrants act as active agents to initiate and structure global interac…
The Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Capital
Much of the literature concerning international investment focuses on the movement of capital or trade flows and does not cover the persons who migrate with the capital, even though in a globalizing economic system new conditions emerge for the international migration of capitalists. On the one hand, capital owners have been recruited directly by business migration programmes in countries such as Canada, Australia, and the US. On the other hand, …
Chinese Ethnic Economy
In the past decade, Los Angeles has emerged as the single largest Chinese business center in the US. However, unlike the Chinese economies in New York and San Francisco which are concentrated in Chinatown, Chinese businesses in Los Angeles have formed multinuclear concentrations in suburban communities in the San Gabriel Valley. With an inflow of capital and entrepreneurs from the Chinese diaspora, the valley’s economy has become an integral part…
Divergent Diasporas
Divergentes diasporas : les communautés chinoises de New York et de Los Angeles Roger WALDINGER et Yenfen TSENG Les universitaires devraient prendre en compte le fait que la diversité socio-économique est l'un des traits les plus marquants de l'immigration depuis le milieu des années soixante. Cet article compare la situation des Chinois de Los Angeles avec celle de New York afin de souligner la diversité interne de ces deux commuanutés et la dif…
Rethinking Residential Assimilation
In this paper, we re-examine new patterns of residential assimilation through the case of a sprawling Chinese ethnoburb in the San Gabriel Valley, California, focusing on the following questions: How have Chinese immigrants of diverse origins and socioeconomic backgrounds negotiated their way into the suburbia of an immigrant gateway metropolis? What is a Chinese ethnoburb like and how does it differ from traditional Chinatowns and from typical A…
Reconfiguring citizenship and nationality
Many researchers have redefined citizenship to better understand the membership status aspired and demanded by contemporary migrants. As a result, the concept of ‘membership’ as opposed to citizenship was proposed in delineating the decoupling between citizenship and nationality; immigrant demands for rights and state policies in response can thereby be interpreted without considering the political meanings of citizenship. However, the decoupling…
Shanghai Rush
While global cities obviously require a supply of skilled workers, the latter are equally dependent on high-level job markets and lifestyles offered by global cities. Drawing from empirical research on skilled Taiwanese migration to Shanghai, this article argues that, with the exception of those at the top rank, most skilled migrants cannot afford to be rootless, for a number of valid economic, social and cultural reasons. Many benefit from speci…
"Beyond "Little Taipei
Yen-Fen Tseng, Beyond "Little Taipei": The Development of Taiwanese Immigrant Businesses in Los Angeles, The International Migration Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, Special Issue: Diversity and Comparability: International Migrants in Host Countries on Four Continents (Spring, 1995), pp. 33-58
Becoming global talent? Taiwanese white-collar migrants in Japan
As more governments implement skill-based migration policies, understanding how policymakers, employers and migrants evaluate and interpret skills is of great importance. Based on a study of Taiwanese white-collar migrant workers in Japan, this article treats skills as socially constructed and offers an opportunity to investigate how skill is experienced across borders. This article makes contribution to skilled migration research by investigatin…
Immigration Consulting Firms in Taiwanese Business Immigration
Today various countries actively promote business migration programs to bring in more resourceful immigrants, thereby increasing immigration channels for people with physical capital. How to match the right migrants with the right destinations has become a business niche for private agencies. In this article, I analyze the impact of the immigration industry on the immigration process, based on a case study of Taiwanese business immigration. Immig…
Beyond “Little Taipei”
Both in their choice to settle in predominantly noncoethnic neighborhoods and in their economic development, recent Taiwanese immigrants in Los Angeles represent a fundamental break with the past. It is this new type of economic development that brings an unprecedented impact on the society at large. However, these unique features of Taiwanese immigrant business and their implications to the host society remain understudied. Quantitative as well …
When “global talents” struggle to become local workers
Although more Japanese companies are recruiting foreign employees, few studies have paid attention to foreign workers’ struggles in the workplace and their perceptions of their career over the long term. This study qualitatively explores the experiences of Asian and European locally hired white-collar employees in Japanese firms. It finds that although their numbers are rising, foreigners struggle with Japanese firms’ expectations for foreigners …
Settlement intentions among Taiwanese skilled migrants in Tokyo and Hong Kong
While many countries now prioritise accepting skilled migrants to meet labour demand in a globalised economy, retaining them has been a challenge. Low retention is often attributed to immigration policy failures and/or skill mismatches in the labour market. This paper argues that besides career issues, skilled migrants’ cultural aspirations and their sense of ‘civic belonging’ are significant factors when evaluating migration outcomes and the pro…
Divergent Diasporas
Divergentes diasporas : les communautés chinoises de New York et de Los Angeles Roger WALDINGER et Yenfen TSENG Les universitaires devraient prendre en compte le fait que la diversité socio-économique est l'un des traits les plus marquants de l'immigration depuis le milieu des années soixante. Cet article compare la situation des Chinois de Los Angeles avec celle de New York afin de souligner la diversité interne de ces deux commuanutés et la dif…
Chinese Ethnic Economy
In the past decade, Los Angeles has emerged as the single largest Chinese business center in the US. However, unlike the Chinese economies in New York and San Francisco which are concentrated in Chinatown, Chinese businesses in Los Angeles have formed multinuclear concentrations in suburban communities in the San Gabriel Valley. With an inflow of capital and entrepreneurs from the Chinese diaspora, the valley’s economy has become an integral part…
Beyond “Little Taipei”
Both in their choice to settle in predominantly noncoethnic neighborhoods and in their economic development, recent Taiwanese immigrants in Los Angeles represent a fundamental break with the past. It is this new type of economic development that brings an unprecedented impact on the society at large. However, these unique features of Taiwanese immigrant business and their implications to the host society remain understudied. Quantitative as well …
"Beyond "Little Taipei
Yen-Fen Tseng, Beyond "Little Taipei": The Development of Taiwanese Immigrant Businesses in Los Angeles, The International Migration Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, Special Issue: Diversity and Comparability: International Migrants in Host Countries on Four Continents (Spring, 1995), pp. 33-58
Immigration Consulting Firms in Taiwanese Business Immigration
Today various countries actively promote business migration programs to bring in more resourceful immigrants, thereby increasing immigration channels for people with physical capital. How to match the right migrants with the right destinations has become a business niche for private agencies. In this article, I analyze the impact of the immigration industry on the immigration process, based on a case study of Taiwanese business immigration. Immig…
The Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Capital
Much of the literature concerning international investment focuses on the movement of capital or trade flows and does not cover the persons who migrate with the capital, even though in a globalizing economic system new conditions emerge for the international migration of capitalists. On the one hand, capital owners have been recruited directly by business migration programmes in countries such as Canada, Australia, and the US. On the other hand, …
Regrounding the 'Ungrounded Empires
The emerging literature on transnationalism has reshaped the study of immigration in the USA from 'melting pot' and later 'salad bowl', to 'switching board', which emphasizes the ability of migrants to forge and maintain ties to their home countries. Often under the heading of 'transnationalism from below', these studies highlight an alternative form of globalization, in which migrants act as active agents to initiate and structure global interac…
From "Us" to "Them"
Global diasporas-a type of social formation mediating economic, political, and cultural affairs across borders-have been a focus of globalization researchers for some time. However, up to now, little knowledge exists on how social identification affects business participation in diaspora communities and how such participation modifies social identification. This article, based on empirical research on diasporic linkages between Taiwanese transnat…
Chinese Business and the Asian Crisis . David Ip , Constance Lever-Tracy , Noel Tracy
Rethinking Residential Assimilation
In this paper, we re-examine new patterns of residential assimilation through the case of a sprawling Chinese ethnoburb in the San Gabriel Valley, California, focusing on the following questions: How have Chinese immigrants of diverse origins and socioeconomic backgrounds negotiated their way into the suburbia of an immigrant gateway metropolis? What is a Chinese ethnoburb like and how does it differ from traditional Chinatowns and from typical A…
Governing Migrant Workers at a Distance
This paper explores how a liberal democratic state keeps migrant workers in temporary status by preventing their permanent settlement. Using Taiwan’s guestworker policy as an example, we argue that through expertise discourses and strategies of “governance at a distance” involving private sector, the Taiwan government has formulated policies and implemented measures that effectively kept guestworkers in temporary status. Analyzing Taiwan’s guestw…
Reconfiguring citizenship and nationality
Many researchers have redefined citizenship to better understand the membership status aspired and demanded by contemporary migrants. As a result, the concept of ‘membership’ as opposed to citizenship was proposed in delineating the decoupling between citizenship and nationality; immigrant demands for rights and state policies in response can thereby be interpreted without considering the political meanings of citizenship. However, the decoupling…
Shanghai Rush
While global cities obviously require a supply of skilled workers, the latter are equally dependent on high-level job markets and lifestyles offered by global cities. Drawing from empirical research on skilled Taiwanese migration to Shanghai, this article argues that, with the exception of those at the top rank, most skilled migrants cannot afford to be rootless, for a number of valid economic, social and cultural reasons. Many benefit from speci…
When “global talents” struggle to become local workers
Although more Japanese companies are recruiting foreign employees, few studies have paid attention to foreign workers’ struggles in the workplace and their perceptions of their career over the long term. This study qualitatively explores the experiences of Asian and European locally hired white-collar employees in Japanese firms. It finds that although their numbers are rising, foreigners struggle with Japanese firms’ expectations for foreigners …
Becoming global talent? Taiwanese white-collar migrants in Japan
As more governments implement skill-based migration policies, understanding how policymakers, employers and migrants evaluate and interpret skills is of great importance. Based on a study of Taiwanese white-collar migrant workers in Japan, this article treats skills as socially constructed and offers an opportunity to investigate how skill is experienced across borders. This article makes contribution to skilled migration research by investigatin…
Settlement intentions among Taiwanese skilled migrants in Tokyo and Hong Kong
While many countries now prioritise accepting skilled migrants to meet labour demand in a globalised economy, retaining them has been a challenge. Low retention is often attributed to immigration policy failures and/or skill mismatches in the labour market. This paper argues that besides career issues, skilled migrants’ cultural aspirations and their sense of ‘civic belonging’ are significant factors when evaluating migration outcomes and the pro…
Geo-Politics and the Changing Social Imaginaries of Hong Kong Immigrants in Taiwan
Gender, work, and mobility
Over the past decade, the number of white-collar migrants employed in Japan’s corporate headquarters has increased notably. While previous research underscores the challenges Japanese firms face in attracting and retaining foreign professionals, the rapidly growing presence of skilled migrants calls for renewed attention to Japan’s continued appeal. Focusing on young, college-educated Taiwanese women, this study examines why they move from a soci…
Political science (16 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (15 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Immigration (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Business (6 works)