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

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Bibi Arfeen (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths

Voices from Hong Kong

Bibi Arfeen (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

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Routledge
27 February 2024

Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Sociology: work & labour; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Series: Education and Society in China

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.

By: Bibi Arfeen (University of Hong Kong Hong Kong)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9781032631103
ISBN 10: 1032631104
Series: Education and Society in China
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 27 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.