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<p>This article tries to pursue three goals: first, how can a hard-to-define cultural concept such as tolerance in society be measured? Second, is it possible to draw conclusions about the tolerance level of a nation on the basis of an analysis of web search behaviour? And third, is there a relationship between the tolerance level in East Asian societies and their ability to attract highly qualified knowledge workers? Taking as its starting point Richard Florida’s claim that a high tolerance level in society represents an essential pull factor for attracting the most sought-after people in the world, this article analyses and interprets web search behaviour among Google users residing in Japan, Korea and China in order to identify issues related to tolerance in East Asia.</p>
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This article tries to pursue three goals: first, how can a hard-to-define cultural concept such as tolerance in society be measured? Second, is it possible to draw conclusions about the tolerance level of a nation on the basis of an analysis of web search behaviour? And third, is there a relationship between the tolerance level in East Asian societies and their ability to attract highly qualified knowledge workers? Taking as its starting point Richard Florida’s claim that a high tolerance level in society represents an essential pull factor for attracting the most sought-after people in the world, this article analyses and interprets web search behaviour among Google users residing in Japan, Korea and China in order to identify issues related to tolerance in East Asia.

Tolerance and Human Resources in Science and Technology in East Asia

Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies

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This article tries to pursue three goals: first, how can a hard-to-define cultural concept such as tolerance in society be measured? Second, is it possible to...

Tolerance and Human Resources in Science and Technology in East Asia

Published Online: Nov 30, 2018

Page range: 109 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vjeas-2012-0004

Keywords
tolerance, creative class, East Asia

© 2012 Stephan Si-Hwan Park, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Tolerance and Human Resources in Science and Technology in East Asia

Published Online: Nov 30, 2018

Page range: 109 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vjeas-2012-0004

Keywordstolerance, creative class, East Asia

© 2012 Stephan Si-Hwan Park, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
tolerance, creative class, East Asia