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Margaret Xi Can Yin; Amy Kung Wai-ying Chan; Cecilia Lai Wan Chan – Educational Psychology, 2024
Adolescents from low-income families generally have limited resources, which may negatively impact their career development. This study reports findings from the Youth Work-Explorer (Y-WE) career development program for 519 high-school students from low-income families in Hong Kong. One hundred forty-six participants received a three-day career…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, High School Students, Low Income Students, Career Development
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Wong, Shui-wai – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2021
A new working model -- having multiple careers during the same time period (slash careers) -- is emerging despite the lack of official statistics. A slash worker in Hong Kong was interviewed based on Savickas's Career Construction Interview procedure and three life themes were identified. The life themes are interconnected and provide meaningful…
Descriptors: Career Change, Models, Employee Attitudes, Career Choice
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Cheung, Francis; Ngo, Hang-yue; Leung, Angel – Journal of Career Development, 2020
In this study, we examined the relationships among personal resources (i.e., psychological capital, perceived employability, and career resources), constraints, and work volition of university students. Two undergraduate samples from the United States and Hong Kong were collected. In both samples, results showed that personal resources were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Positive Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Lee, John Chi-Kin – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2017
Demand has risen for the introduction of career education in senior secondary schooling to enhance students' transition from study to work. Against such a background, this paper aims to discuss the curriculum reforms and supporting structures in schools and to explore the challenges of life skills planning for secondary school students in China…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Career Planning, Daily Living Skills
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Morley, Louise – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Drawing on data gathered from British Council seminars in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dubai on "Absent Talent: Women in Research and Academic Leadership" (2012-2013), this paper discusses academic women's experiences and explanations for women's under-representation as knowledge leaders and producers in the global academy. Participants from…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Women Faculty, Instructional Leadership, Females
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Sum, Raymond Kim Wai; Dimmock, Clive – European Physical Education Review, 2013
This study investigates the career trajectory of primary school physical education teachers (PSPETs) in Hong Kong. It is focused on the problems arising from apparent overload and the multiple roles of physical education teachers' career development in Hong Kong brought about by education and curriculum reforms. The specific research question is,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers