Lingnan Scholars’ International and Comparative Research on Employment, Youth Transition and Well-Being
In the last decade, many governments in East and Southeast Asia have increased study spaces and enrolments in their higher education systems, so as to speed up the transition to a knowledge-based economy and innovation-centric entrepreneurialism.
These endeavours, however, have exacerbated problems of graduate unemployment and underemployment, as the rapid expansion in talent supply did not really meet market demands. They also triggered fierce debates on social and economic development and public policy related research.
Following its “Impact with Care” research philosophy, Lingnan University has formed a research team to conduct comparative and international research on the massification and privatisation of higher education, the changing social production of labour, youth transition from education to work, and related youth well-being and public policy implications.
To address these regional and global issues, the team has established strong research partnerships with centres at the University of Oxford and the Institute of Education, University College London in the UK, and the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku, Finland, as well as research groups based in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger in Norway, the Graduate School of Education, Peking University, China, and the College of Education, Chengchi University in Taiwan.
Thanks to these partnerships, Lingnan scholars have published their findings in respected journals, including Critical Sociology, Journal of Education and Work, Higher Education Quarterly and Higher Education Policy, and also co-hosted international symposia and conferences offering academia, practitioners, and postgraduate students platforms to exchange ideas.
Research publications on Employment
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Researcher(s) / Unit(s) |
How LMX and marketing capabilities guide and motivate customer-facing employees’ learning |
Prof Hiu Kan Ada WONG |
Dr Yidan Daisy ZHU |
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Researcher(s) / Unit(s) |
Dr Man Kong CHOW |
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Hong Kong and GBA: Psychological Distance among Hong Kong Working Adults |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
Personal income, local communities and happiness in a rich global city: evidence from Hong Kong |
Prof Stefan KÜHNER |
Prof Ngai PUN |
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Prof Ngai PUN |
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Mr Pascal AGBADI |
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A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Prof Hiu Kan Ada WONG |
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Researcher(s) / Unit(s) |
Dying for an iPhone : Apple, Foxconn, and the lives of China's workers |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Transgressing North–South divide : Foxconn Production Regimes in China and the Czech Republic |
Prof Ngai PUN |
One firm, two countries, one workplace model? The case of Foxconn’s internationalisation |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Prof Ngai PUN |
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Conceptualising socio-economic formations of labour and workers’ power in global production networks |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Prof Stefan KÜHNER |
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The Politics of MPF Reform : Lessons from Public Attitudes in Hong Kong |
Prof Stefan KÜHNER |
Research publications on Youth Transition and Well-Being
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Researcher(s) / Unit(s) |
Ms Evelyn Aboagye ADDAE |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Ngai PUN |
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Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
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Mr Pascal AGBADI |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Unpacking the complexities of child well‐being in Southeast Asia: Insights for social policy |
Mr Hamzah Nor BIN AEDY RAHMAN |
Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and International Higher Education in East Asia |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Researcher(s) / Unit(s) |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
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Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
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Prof Yuefeng Alex ZHU |
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Prof Stefan KÜHNER |
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Prof Stefan KÜHNER |
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Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Knowledge, power and geopolitics of transnational higher education |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Remaking international higher education for an unequal world |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
Dr Hongyan GENG |
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Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
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Students’ Perceived Attributes and Benefits of a Leadership Course: Subjective Outcome Evaluation |
Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
Spatial Mismatch, Different Labor Markets and Precarious Employment: The Case of Hong Kong |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Association Between The Search For Meaning In Life And Well-Being In Chinese Adolescents |
Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Dietary Diversity and Undernutrition in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
Online Learning during the Pandemic : Hong Kong College Students’ Experiences |
Prof Weiyan XIONG |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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How can l feel safe at home? Adolescents' experiences of family violence in Ghana |
Ms Evelyn Aboagye ADDAE |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Prof Ngai PUN |
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Does Education Make People Happy? Spotlighting the Overlooked Societal Condition |
Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Mr Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES |
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Turning left: student-worker alliance in labour struggles in China |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Prof Padmore Adusei AMOAH |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Wai Lan Victoria YEUNG |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Dr Yuyang KANG |
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Lessons on improving online teaching from a survey of students in Hong Kong |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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China's move to mass higher education since 1998: Analysis of higher education expansion policies |
Prof Jin JIANG |
The Impact of COVID-19 on Education, Work and Governance in China and East Asia |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
Pathways of Electoral Clientelism in University Student Elections in Ghana: An Exploratory Study |
Mr Kwaku ABREFA BUSIA |
Ms Evelyn Aboagye ADDAE |
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Psychological transformation of youth after engaging in non-radical and radical political activities |
Prof Yuefeng Alex ZHU |
Financial Literacy Types and Financial Behaviors Among Adolescents: Role of Financial Education |
Prof Yuefeng Alex ZHU |
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Researcher(s) / Unit(s) |
Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Hong Kong University students’ online learning experiences under the COVID-19 pandemic |
Prof Weiyan XIONG |
Perceptions of Neglect and Well-Being among Independent Child Migrants in Ghana |
Prof Padmore Adusei AMOAH |
Dr Man Kong CHOW Mr Wing Lok HUNG |
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Materialism in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: Profiles and and social-demographic correlates |
Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Prof Li Jocelyn LIN |
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Having less but giving more : work experience and prosocial behavior of Chinese working-class youth |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Prof Ngai PUN |
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‘Emotional authoritarianism’ : state, education and the mobile working-class subjects |
Prof Ngai PUN |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Shining a Spotlight on Tribal Colleges and Universities in the US |
Prof Weiyan XIONG |
Prof Stefan KÜHNER |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Educational Expansion, Skills Diffusion, and the Economic Value of Credentials and Skills |
Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
Ms Evelyn Aboagye ADDAE |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
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Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Special Issue: Promoting global cities status: talent attraction and retention in Asia |
Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |
Prof Ka Wai Maggie LAU |
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Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Government innovation policy and higher education: the case of Shenzhen, China |
Prof Weiyan XIONG |
Dr Yuyang KANG |
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Prof Jin JIANG |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Satoshi ARAKI |
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Prof Weiyan XIONG |
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Ms Evelyn Aboagye ADDAE |
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Prof Ka Ho Joshua MOK |