Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong
Through a first-of-its kind qualitative exploratory study, Bibi Arfeen elucidates the multifaceted complexities and dynamics that contribute to successful higher education-to-work transition among South Asian Ethnic Minority (EM) youths in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s recent expansion of higher education has given rise to budding academic and career aspirations amongst South Asian ethnic minority youths hoping to achieve upward social and economic mobility. Yet, existing bodies of scholarly work have yet to conceptualise the key determinants that drive an adaptive transition for these youths. This book challenges the widely held assumption that an undergraduate degree is a panacea to job acquisition and security as transitions are actively shaped by larger social, cultural, and economic trajectories potentially influencing the capabilities of ethnic minority youths. In light of their lived experiences, this book foregrounds the voices of ethnic minority youths to gauge an understanding of their higher education-to-work transitions by placing the job-preparatory and job-seeking stages as the basis of the inquiry.

Suggesting implications for institutional and public policymaking for the inclusion and empowerment of EM youths, this book will appeal to scholars interested in minority studies and graduate employment, EM youths, university administrators and counsellors, NGOs working with EM communities as well as policy makers.

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Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong
Through a first-of-its kind qualitative exploratory study, Bibi Arfeen elucidates the multifaceted complexities and dynamics that contribute to successful higher education-to-work transition among South Asian Ethnic Minority (EM) youths in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s recent expansion of higher education has given rise to budding academic and career aspirations amongst South Asian ethnic minority youths hoping to achieve upward social and economic mobility. Yet, existing bodies of scholarly work have yet to conceptualise the key determinants that drive an adaptive transition for these youths. This book challenges the widely held assumption that an undergraduate degree is a panacea to job acquisition and security as transitions are actively shaped by larger social, cultural, and economic trajectories potentially influencing the capabilities of ethnic minority youths. In light of their lived experiences, this book foregrounds the voices of ethnic minority youths to gauge an understanding of their higher education-to-work transitions by placing the job-preparatory and job-seeking stages as the basis of the inquiry.

Suggesting implications for institutional and public policymaking for the inclusion and empowerment of EM youths, this book will appeal to scholars interested in minority studies and graduate employment, EM youths, university administrators and counsellors, NGOs working with EM communities as well as policy makers.

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Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong

Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong

by Bibi Arfeen
Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong
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Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong

Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths: Voices from Hong Kong

by Bibi Arfeen

Overview

Through a first-of-its kind qualitative exploratory study, Bibi Arfeen elucidates the multifaceted complexities and dynamics that contribute to successful higher education-to-work transition among South Asian Ethnic Minority (EM) youths in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s recent expansion of higher education has given rise to budding academic and career aspirations amongst South Asian ethnic minority youths hoping to achieve upward social and economic mobility. Yet, existing bodies of scholarly work have yet to conceptualise the key determinants that drive an adaptive transition for these youths. This book challenges the widely held assumption that an undergraduate degree is a panacea to job acquisition and security as transitions are actively shaped by larger social, cultural, and economic trajectories potentially influencing the capabilities of ethnic minority youths. In light of their lived experiences, this book foregrounds the voices of ethnic minority youths to gauge an understanding of their higher education-to-work transitions by placing the job-preparatory and job-seeking stages as the basis of the inquiry.

Suggesting implications for institutional and public policymaking for the inclusion and empowerment of EM youths, this book will appeal to scholars interested in minority studies and graduate employment, EM youths, university administrators and counsellors, NGOs working with EM communities as well as policy makers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032631103
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 02/27/2024
Series: Education and Society in China
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bibi Arfeen is an experienced secondary school-level teacher with a doctorate in education and over a decade-long experience teaching South Asian ethnic minority students. She serves as Head of the English Department and School Literacy Leader in Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

1. Foundations 2. Conceptualising Higher Education-to-Work Transitions 3. Lessons from Academic Experiences of Minority Youths 4. Understanding Employability and Employment of Ethnic Minority Graduates 5. Transition Stage I: Forces Shaping the Job Preparatory Stage 6. Transition Stage II: Forces Shaping the Job Seeking Stage 7. Developing Employability: A New Perspective for Ethnic Minority Graduates 8. Future Directions and Contributions

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