It is true, some will move for a new job. But it is also true that others won’t.

Across generations, across educational and career-level strata, a new theme is emerging: I am willing to move, but I don’t want to take up permanent residence.

What now? What does this mean?

People, globally, just prefer to stay close to home. The younger you are, the more likely you are to entertain a move, but we still do not see a lot of workers willing to move to another country or another continent.

Surprised? Why? Personally, I love to travel, and I love culture, but few people I know are willing to stay and work for as long as I have, in the places I have, just for the sake of work. You really have to love these variables to “successfully” survive abroad for that long, too.

Philosophers for ages have reiterated to you a similar message of truth—where I come from, they summarize it in the saying, “Home is where the heart is.” Well, the heart will typically follow its loved ones, even across the world.

And some do. But most don’t.

In a latest published survey from Kelly Services, when the question asked was, “What would be the major complicating factors for you if considering an offer to work in another country,” family was the number one answer (58 percent). Most of our loved ones are also a product of their own cultures, like us. And they mostly love that home culture, no matter where they may travel for fun, or for work.