Global Talent: Skilled Labor as Social Capital in Korea - Paperbackby Gi Wook Shin (Author), Joon Nak Choi (Author) Global Talent seeks to examine the utility of skilled foreigners beyond their human capital value by focusing on their social capital potential, especially their role as transnational bridges between host and home countries. Gi Wook Shin and Joon Nak Choi build on an emerging stream of research that conceptualizes global labor mobility as a positive sum game in which countries and businesses benefit