New Evidence of the Postmaterialist Shift: The Experience of Hong Kong

Wong, Ka‐Ying; Wan, Po‐san

doi:10.1007/s11205-008-9299-3

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“…He thus argued that political leaders and governments under Confucian culture occupy an important symbolic authoritative status in society, and that the worship, sensitivity, and dependence of the people towards authority could easily have a profound effect on their political trust. Moreover, other scholars observed that the transition from materialism to post-materialism seen in many advanced countries of the West is also appearing in such Asian societies as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China and beginning to have an impact on political trust in these places (Hsiao and Wan, 2004; Wang, 2005; Wong and Wan, 2008b). Such findings show that improvements in socio-economic conditions may not necessarily strengthen people's trust in their government and political system.…”

Section: Determinants Of Political Trustmentioning

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Comparing Political Trust in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Levels, Determinants, and Implications

Wong¹,

Hsiao

Wan

2009

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Political trust is a cornerstone of political survival and development. This paper makes use of data from the 2006 AsiaBarometer Survey to examine the level of political trust in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It finds that the people of Hong Kong have a high level of trust in their government and judiciary, but a relatively low level of trust in their legislature. In contrast, the Taiwan people have a lower level of trust in all of their executive, judicial, and legislative branches, reflecting a serious problem with political confidence in Taiwan. A further analysis shows that institutional factors such as ratings of government performance, life satisfaction, and satisfaction with democratic rights and freedoms, and cultural factors such as interpersonal trust, post-materialism, and traditionalism have varying degrees of effect on the different domains of political trust in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but institutional factors appear to be more powerful than cultural factors in explaining the experiences of both societies.

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Comparing Political Trust in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Levels, Determinants, and Implications

Wong¹,

Hsiao

Wan

2009

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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“…From the 2014 Taiwan and Hong Kong movements, we can see that a transformation in social values was a major reason for why young people took part in these protest actions. Young people obviously place a high priority on democracy, freedom, self-determination, justice, and other post-materialist values (Chang and Chen, 2013; Theocharis, 2011; Wong and Wan, 2009). However, this round of “new social movements”, which sprang from this transformation in social values and which was also characterized by the greater prominence of social concern and personal participation in the “new politics”, is not a departure from traditional democratic movements.…”

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The student-led movements of 2014 and public opinion

Hsiao¹,

Wan

2017

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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This article, which is based on a comparative survey conducted in late 2014, explores public opinion in Taiwan and Hong Kong on the Sunflower and Umbrella movements. We find that public support for the local movement in each place was almost equally divided. As for the other movement, the supporters outnumbered opponents. The basic patterns of the relationship between socio-demographic attributes, political attitudes, as well as the evaluation of the “China impact”, and public support for the two movements were consistent in both societies. Those most likely to support the Sunflower and Umbrella movements were: the young; Minnanese, Hakka, or Hong Kong-born people; those who support the “Pan-Green” or “Pan-democracy” camps; those who agreed that democracy is the best political system; those who had a negative view of the “China impact”, especially its harmful influence on local democracy. Notwithstanding these similarities, in Taiwan, support for the Sunflower Movement was mainly divided by ethnic group and for the Umbrella Movement by gender; while in Hong Kong, support for both movements was largely divided by age, and the perceived “China impact” on local economic growth had no independent effects.

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“…Prior researchers have identified barriers to obtaining data of this kind from Hong Kong based respondents (Shenkar, 1994;Wong & Wan, 2009). We had, accordingly, worked around access barriers by adopting 'snowballing' (Brannen, 1988), starting with trusted acquaintances of members of the research team.…”

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Self-perceived misattributed culpability or incompetence at work

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Chak

Wong³

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Asian J Bus Ethics

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Employees with self-perceived misattributed culpability or incompetence (SMCI) are on the receiving end of complaints, reprimands, or accusations which, from their perspective, incorrectly assume that that they have fallen short of required standards or outcomes. We analyzed an archive of 23 personal stories featuring SMCI, which had been provided by 16 Hong Kong Chinese employees. The stories indicated that the most severe impacts on employee morale had arisen from punitive and targeted feedback based on misrepresentations by superiors, who had engaged in blame deflection, politicking and manipulation, conflict and retaliation, and/or prejudice and stereotyping. We also identified organizational processes, such as soliciting and accepting voice and engaging in problem solving discussions that could attenuate any adverse emotional impact.

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New Evidence of the Postmaterialist Shift: The Experience of Hong Kong

Abstract: Postmaterialism, Modernization, Social development, Value orientation, Hong Kong,

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

Comparing Political Trust in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Levels, Determinants, and Implications

Comparing Political Trust in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Levels, Determinants, and Implications

The student-led movements of 2014 and public opinion

Self-perceived misattributed culpability or incompetence at work

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