Equal Opportunities Law Reform in Hong Kong:

Petersen, Carole J.; Loper, KA

doi:10.2307/j.ctv4cbht7.14

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“…Portes (1995) has remarked that due to the devaluation of their education and work skills, poor immigrants tend to pool together their social capital in search of moral support and social survival in order to deal with the hostile and unfair treatments commonly found in the host society. In Hong Kong, such hostility has notably appeared to stem from local people’s concern for migrants’ scrambling for social welfare (Petersen, Fong, & Rush, 2003).…”

Section: Social Dislocation Effects On Perceived Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Existing literature on immigrants has found personal power or control can prevent the experience of discrimination (Petersen et al., 2003; Skrobanek & Jobot, 2010). Consequently, we propose that perceived control over family matters, including marital quality, homeownership and stability of household finance, is crucial for predicting lower perceived discrimination in the receiving society.…”

Section: Features Of Family Efficacy As Determinants Of Perceived Dismentioning

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Migrant families as effective buffers against discrimination: The perceived work–care conflict and household conditions of mothers

Cheung

2015

Journal of Social Work

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Past social work studies on discrimination perceived by immigrants mainly concerned the negative impacts of social dislocation on the immigrants, such as their loss of social support, devaluation of education and work skills, and acculturative stress. Important features of family efficacy, notably the immigrant's perceived control over the work-care management and household conditions are yet to be considered in any conceptual model of perceived discrimination.Findings: The present study tested both the social dislocation and family efficacy models for 372 Chinese migrant mothers living in low-income communities of Hong Kong. While path analyses supported both models, the family efficacy model had substantially higher power in explaining perceived discrimination.Application: Implications for social service practitioners and policy advocates to promote the life chances of poor migrant mothers are discussed.

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Section: Social Dislocation Effects On Perceived Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Features Of Family Efficacy As Determinants Of Perceived Dismentioning

confidence: 99%