A Meta-Analysis of the Studies Done in Relation to the Absorption of the Elites and the Prevention Them from Emigration

After the third wave of Iranian elite emigration spread in Iran, the issues of brain draiand prevention of elite emigration began to be addressed by researchers, writers, and managers in our society, from 1987 on. Mooting fourteen theoretical approaches related to the issue of the elites, this article tries to extract a fundamental and common theory from the studies done inside the country, through a meta-analysis thereof.Having attained the theory of attractiveness and repulsiveness, the present research seeks, in the process of its exploratory studies, to offer solutions congruent with the said theory in order to absorb and retain the elite human capital.This article, also, presents a complete descriptive information in the form of the ten methodological components related to the scientific works under study, as well as their four content components.