New Insights In Reproducing Transnational Corporate Elites: The Labour Market Intermediation Of Executive Search In The Pursuit Of Global Talent In Singapore

In this article, I explore the varying logic of second-generation Filipino-Americans' decisions to send economic support to family members in the Philippines. I extend the conceptual framework of remittance scripts to that of second-generation migrants. I find that second-generation Filipino Americans rely heavily on their first-generation migrant parents to mediate both remittance requests and sending. As a result, respondents send what I refer to as mediated remittances'. This type of remittance among second-generation migrants leads to material, relational, and emotional aspects of a transaction being directed towards both first-generation migrants, as well as non-migrant recipients. Furthermore, I discuss the repertoire of scripts that second-generation migrants employ when refusing the request to remit. Analysis of the emotional milieu associated with decisions to remit or not remit reveals an additional dimension beyond the sender-recipient dyad with the inclusion of a mediator. In doing so, this article sheds light on how second-generation migrants participate in the transnational social field.