W K Chow
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4813202 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | W K Chow |
| NOMBRES | W K |
| APELLIDO | Chow |
| FIRMA | CHOW W K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8398-3126 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 114 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1981 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
In-service secondary school teachers’ development of design thinking
Socialist Welfare in a Market Economy: Social Security Reforms in Guangzhou, China
This title was first published in 2001. Using the city of Guangzhou as a case study, this text looks at how China has adopted a market economy, whilst still maintaining state-owned enterprises and an all-embracing social security system which protects the majority of Chinese workers. This volume examines three questions: can socialist social welfare co-exist with the market economy?; can state-owned enterprises survive in a market economy?; and h…
Measuring Older Adults’ Individual Modernity
Research shows that maintaining high individual modernity level can enable the shaping of positive self-image and boost life satisfaction for older people along with better adaptation to the process of societal modernization. This study examined the factorial structure and evaluated the psychometric properties of the adapted Multidimensional Scale of Chinese Individual Modernity (MS-CIM) in a sample of 445 elders (the finalized version is named “…
A Life-Course Perspective on Elderly Residential Mobility in Southern China
This qualitative study examined the migration process of 30 Hong Kong retirees in Southern China. Factors influencing decisions align with the life-course perspective and Amenity Retirement Migration Model. Cost of living, better environment and amenities, desirable lifestyle, cultural views and perspectives, past life and work experience, previous mobility patterns, housing history, financial resources, marriage, and intergenerational relationsh…
Correlates of Quality of Life in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China
Circular Migration and Life Course of Female Domestic Workers in Beijing
This study examines the migration experiences of 24 female domestic workers in Beijing through in-depth interviews. Most of these women were involved in a circular pattern of movement between their home villages and cities. The pattern of reverse and circular migration was closely related to the life-course transitions of Chinese rural women and their socially-assigned gender roles such as marriage, childbirth, childrearing and caregiving for fam…
Modernization and its impact on Chinese older people’s perception of their own image and status
This article represents an attempt to look at the impact of modernization on how older people in China perceive their own image and status. Findings from a study conducted in Wuhan, China reveal that modernization has tarnished the image and lowered the status of older people, who still welcome their country’s modernization as it has made marked improvements in their standard of living. Differences in reactions towards modernization are also foun…
Interaction Between Pre- and Post-Migration Factors on Depressive Symptoms in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China
The goal of the current study is to examine the role of poor migration planning as a moderator for the effects of two post-migration factors, namely acculturation stress and quality of life, on symptoms of depression. Using a random sample of 347 Hong Kong new migrants from a 1-year longitudinal study, we used multiple regression analyses to examine both the direct and interaction effects of poorly planned migration, acculturation stress, and qua…
The roles of human capital and social capital in the economic integration of new arrivals from Mainland China to Hong Kong
Social work in Hong Kong – Western practice in a Chinese context
This article narrates the development of social work practice in Hong Kong during the last more than half a century. As in other British colonies, social work was first known as a profession in Hong Kong when Western international relief organizations established offices here after the end of World War II. While social work has always been seen as a Western introduction, both overseas and locally trained social workers in Hong Kong are conscious …
Willingness to consider applying for reverse mortgage in Hong Kong Chinese middle-aged homeowners
Economic status of the elderly in Hong Kong
English This article examines the economic status of elderly people in Hong Kong based on data collected by the government. The Hong Kong elderly population is not a homogeneous group, as their economic status is significantly related to their gender, age, marital status, education and employment status. French Se basant sur des données recueillies par le gouvernement, cet article examine le statut économique des personnes âgées à Hong Kong. La p…
To Retire or Not to Retire
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour…
Leisure participation amongst Hong Kong Chinese older adults
Gerontologists have recognised the important influence of leisure activity on the mental and physical health of older adults. To date, however, there have been few studies of the patterns of participation in leisure activity among older adults in Hong Kong. This study examines a large representative sample of Hong Kong older adults and the associations between their socio-economic and health characteristics and their leisure activities. The data …
New Economy and New Social Policy in East and Southeast Asian Compact, Mature Economies
In the 1970s, as the now compact, mature economies in East and Southeast Asia were industrializing, their governments had claimed that they saw no need for the kind of welfare programmes developed in Western “welfare states”. Notwithstanding this claim, a study of social welfare development in these economies in the last three decades, particularly when Hong Kong is taken as an example, shows that they have gone for universal social welfare, larg…
Aging in China
This article reports on a description of aging in China, in general, and Shanghai, in particular, with contrasts to the aging taking place in Hong Kong. Focused upon are the consequences of population aging on informal and formal support systems in the present and for the future. The efforts in the two cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong reflect differences in systems but are both influenced by traditional practices of a Chinese society
Social Work Education—East and West
A global view of social work should be incorporated in the social work curriculum. Social work curriculum should include Asian values and traditions. A balance in preserving and applying the strengths from the different cultures of our region is essential in the process of internationalizing social work
The Chinese Society and Family Policy for Hong Kong
As in other industrial societies, family in Hong Kong has undergone rapid and drastic change since the 1970s. This paper uses the development of governmental family policy as a vehicle for examining the various topics and methods that have been of interest to family scholars in Hong Kong. Considerable attention is given to the suggestions of a White Paper (policy paper) published in March 1991 by the Hong Kong Government on the future development…
Social Security in the People's Republic of China. Renate Krieg , Monika Schadler
Leading Article
On 1st July 1997 Hong Kong will be transformed from a British colony into a Special Administration Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. Although the Basic Law, a mini‐constitution for the future SAR government, states that “Hong Kong's capitalist system and lifestyle will remain unchanged for 50 years after the establishment of the SAR”, changes are perceived to be inevitable, not least in respect of the welfare policies to be implemen…
Elderly Women in Changing Asian Societies
In this article, the problems faced by elderly women in developing Asian societies, as well as the cultural factors influencing the community's support of the elderly, are addressed. The author discusses the family's role as major caregiver and compares the policies implemented by different Asian societies to protect the rights of elderly women. The author proposes four stages for those involved in developing support systems and provides suggesti…
Does Filial Piety Exist Under Chinese Communism?
China has been known for centuries for its traditions of respecting the old. While this tradition has been weakened in the modern era, it still remains as the most important value underlying the practice of supporting the old in present-day China. This article looks into the meaning of filial piety, or xiao, and examines how it has been observed both in the old and modern times. It argues that though the Chinese communists have found filial piety…
Western and Chinese ideas of social welfare
Social Security Provision in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea
It is the usual assumption that social security is closely linked up with the industrialization process and as a country industrializes, so will its social security system. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea are industrially the fastest growing countries in Asia but so far, very little has been documented about their social security provision. This paper examines the social security systems in these four countries and tries to find out …
Social Security Provision in Singapore and Hong Kong
Singapore and Hong Kong are two of the most advanced industrial countries in east and south-east Asia. Comparisons between them have often been made, and this article takes their social security systems as a subject for examination. It begins with a brief discussion of the social, economic and political structures of Singapore and Hong Kong, identifying their similarities and differences; this is followed by a comparison of their existing social …
Western and Chinese ideas of social welfare
Correlates of Quality of Life in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China
Modernization and its impact on Chinese older people’s perception of their own image and status
This article represents an attempt to look at the impact of modernization on how older people in China perceive their own image and status. Findings from a study conducted in Wuhan, China reveal that modernization has tarnished the image and lowered the status of older people, who still welcome their country’s modernization as it has made marked improvements in their standard of living. Differences in reactions towards modernization are also foun…
The roles of human capital and social capital in the economic integration of new arrivals from Mainland China to Hong Kong
Social work in Hong Kong – Western practice in a Chinese context
This article narrates the development of social work practice in Hong Kong during the last more than half a century. As in other British colonies, social work was first known as a profession in Hong Kong when Western international relief organizations established offices here after the end of World War II. While social work has always been seen as a Western introduction, both overseas and locally trained social workers in Hong Kong are conscious …
Leisure participation amongst Hong Kong Chinese older adults
Gerontologists have recognised the important influence of leisure activity on the mental and physical health of older adults. To date, however, there have been few studies of the patterns of participation in leisure activity among older adults in Hong Kong. This study examines a large representative sample of Hong Kong older adults and the associations between their socio-economic and health characteristics and their leisure activities. The data …
New Economy and New Social Policy in East and Southeast Asian Compact, Mature Economies
In the 1970s, as the now compact, mature economies in East and Southeast Asia were industrializing, their governments had claimed that they saw no need for the kind of welfare programmes developed in Western “welfare states”. Notwithstanding this claim, a study of social welfare development in these economies in the last three decades, particularly when Hong Kong is taken as an example, shows that they have gone for universal social welfare, larg…
Willingness to consider applying for reverse mortgage in Hong Kong Chinese middle-aged homeowners
Circular Migration and Life Course of Female Domestic Workers in Beijing
This study examines the migration experiences of 24 female domestic workers in Beijing through in-depth interviews. Most of these women were involved in a circular pattern of movement between their home villages and cities. The pattern of reverse and circular migration was closely related to the life-course transitions of Chinese rural women and their socially-assigned gender roles such as marriage, childbirth, childrearing and caregiving for fam…
Interaction Between Pre- and Post-Migration Factors on Depressive Symptoms in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China
The goal of the current study is to examine the role of poor migration planning as a moderator for the effects of two post-migration factors, namely acculturation stress and quality of life, on symptoms of depression. Using a random sample of 347 Hong Kong new migrants from a 1-year longitudinal study, we used multiple regression analyses to examine both the direct and interaction effects of poorly planned migration, acculturation stress, and qua…
A Life-Course Perspective on Elderly Residential Mobility in Southern China
This qualitative study examined the migration process of 30 Hong Kong retirees in Southern China. Factors influencing decisions align with the life-course perspective and Amenity Retirement Migration Model. Cost of living, better environment and amenities, desirable lifestyle, cultural views and perspectives, past life and work experience, previous mobility patterns, housing history, financial resources, marriage, and intergenerational relationsh…
Economic status of the elderly in Hong Kong
English This article examines the economic status of elderly people in Hong Kong based on data collected by the government. The Hong Kong elderly population is not a homogeneous group, as their economic status is significantly related to their gender, age, marital status, education and employment status. French Se basant sur des données recueillies par le gouvernement, cet article examine le statut économique des personnes âgées à Hong Kong. La p…
To Retire or Not to Retire
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour…
The Chinese Society and Family Policy for Hong Kong
As in other industrial societies, family in Hong Kong has undergone rapid and drastic change since the 1970s. This paper uses the development of governmental family policy as a vehicle for examining the various topics and methods that have been of interest to family scholars in Hong Kong. Considerable attention is given to the suggestions of a White Paper (policy paper) published in March 1991 by the Hong Kong Government on the future development…
Social Security Provision in Singapore and Hong Kong
Singapore and Hong Kong are two of the most advanced industrial countries in east and south-east Asia. Comparisons between them have often been made, and this article takes their social security systems as a subject for examination. It begins with a brief discussion of the social, economic and political structures of Singapore and Hong Kong, identifying their similarities and differences; this is followed by a comparison of their existing social …
Leading Article
On 1st July 1997 Hong Kong will be transformed from a British colony into a Special Administration Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. Although the Basic Law, a mini‐constitution for the future SAR government, states that “Hong Kong's capitalist system and lifestyle will remain unchanged for 50 years after the establishment of the SAR”, changes are perceived to be inevitable, not least in respect of the welfare policies to be implemen…
Social Security Provision in Singapore and Hong Kong
Singapore and Hong Kong are two of the most advanced industrial countries in east and south-east Asia. Comparisons between them have often been made, and this article takes their social security systems as a subject for examination. It begins with a brief discussion of the social, economic and political structures of Singapore and Hong Kong, identifying their similarities and differences; this is followed by a comparison of their existing social …
Social Security Provision in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea
It is the usual assumption that social security is closely linked up with the industrialization process and as a country industrializes, so will its social security system. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea are industrially the fastest growing countries in Asia but so far, very little has been documented about their social security provision. This paper examines the social security systems in these four countries and tries to find out …
Western and Chinese ideas of social welfare
Does Filial Piety Exist Under Chinese Communism?
China has been known for centuries for its traditions of respecting the old. While this tradition has been weakened in the modern era, it still remains as the most important value underlying the practice of supporting the old in present-day China. This article looks into the meaning of filial piety, or xiao, and examines how it has been observed both in the old and modern times. It argues that though the Chinese communists have found filial piety…
Elderly Women in Changing Asian Societies
In this article, the problems faced by elderly women in developing Asian societies, as well as the cultural factors influencing the community's support of the elderly, are addressed. The author discusses the family's role as major caregiver and compares the policies implemented by different Asian societies to protect the rights of elderly women. The author proposes four stages for those involved in developing support systems and provides suggesti…
Social Security in the People's Republic of China. Renate Krieg , Monika Schadler
Leading Article
On 1st July 1997 Hong Kong will be transformed from a British colony into a Special Administration Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. Although the Basic Law, a mini‐constitution for the future SAR government, states that “Hong Kong's capitalist system and lifestyle will remain unchanged for 50 years after the establishment of the SAR”, changes are perceived to be inevitable, not least in respect of the welfare policies to be implemen…
Social Work Education—East and West
A global view of social work should be incorporated in the social work curriculum. Social work curriculum should include Asian values and traditions. A balance in preserving and applying the strengths from the different cultures of our region is essential in the process of internationalizing social work
The Chinese Society and Family Policy for Hong Kong
As in other industrial societies, family in Hong Kong has undergone rapid and drastic change since the 1970s. This paper uses the development of governmental family policy as a vehicle for examining the various topics and methods that have been of interest to family scholars in Hong Kong. Considerable attention is given to the suggestions of a White Paper (policy paper) published in March 1991 by the Hong Kong Government on the future development…
Aging in China
This article reports on a description of aging in China, in general, and Shanghai, in particular, with contrasts to the aging taking place in Hong Kong. Focused upon are the consequences of population aging on informal and formal support systems in the present and for the future. The efforts in the two cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong reflect differences in systems but are both influenced by traditional practices of a Chinese society
New Economy and New Social Policy in East and Southeast Asian Compact, Mature Economies
In the 1970s, as the now compact, mature economies in East and Southeast Asia were industrializing, their governments had claimed that they saw no need for the kind of welfare programmes developed in Western “welfare states”. Notwithstanding this claim, a study of social welfare development in these economies in the last three decades, particularly when Hong Kong is taken as an example, shows that they have gone for universal social welfare, larg…
Leisure participation amongst Hong Kong Chinese older adults
Gerontologists have recognised the important influence of leisure activity on the mental and physical health of older adults. To date, however, there have been few studies of the patterns of participation in leisure activity among older adults in Hong Kong. This study examines a large representative sample of Hong Kong older adults and the associations between their socio-economic and health characteristics and their leisure activities. The data …
To Retire or Not to Retire
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour…
Willingness to consider applying for reverse mortgage in Hong Kong Chinese middle-aged homeowners
Economic status of the elderly in Hong Kong
English This article examines the economic status of elderly people in Hong Kong based on data collected by the government. The Hong Kong elderly population is not a homogeneous group, as their economic status is significantly related to their gender, age, marital status, education and employment status. French Se basant sur des données recueillies par le gouvernement, cet article examine le statut économique des personnes âgées à Hong Kong. La p…
Social work in Hong Kong – Western practice in a Chinese context
This article narrates the development of social work practice in Hong Kong during the last more than half a century. As in other British colonies, social work was first known as a profession in Hong Kong when Western international relief organizations established offices here after the end of World War II. While social work has always been seen as a Western introduction, both overseas and locally trained social workers in Hong Kong are conscious …
The roles of human capital and social capital in the economic integration of new arrivals from Mainland China to Hong Kong
Interaction Between Pre- and Post-Migration Factors on Depressive Symptoms in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China
The goal of the current study is to examine the role of poor migration planning as a moderator for the effects of two post-migration factors, namely acculturation stress and quality of life, on symptoms of depression. Using a random sample of 347 Hong Kong new migrants from a 1-year longitudinal study, we used multiple regression analyses to examine both the direct and interaction effects of poorly planned migration, acculturation stress, and qua…
Circular Migration and Life Course of Female Domestic Workers in Beijing
This study examines the migration experiences of 24 female domestic workers in Beijing through in-depth interviews. Most of these women were involved in a circular pattern of movement between their home villages and cities. The pattern of reverse and circular migration was closely related to the life-course transitions of Chinese rural women and their socially-assigned gender roles such as marriage, childbirth, childrearing and caregiving for fam…
Modernization and its impact on Chinese older people’s perception of their own image and status
This article represents an attempt to look at the impact of modernization on how older people in China perceive their own image and status. Findings from a study conducted in Wuhan, China reveal that modernization has tarnished the image and lowered the status of older people, who still welcome their country’s modernization as it has made marked improvements in their standard of living. Differences in reactions towards modernization are also foun…
Correlates of Quality of Life in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China
A Life-Course Perspective on Elderly Residential Mobility in Southern China
This qualitative study examined the migration process of 30 Hong Kong retirees in Southern China. Factors influencing decisions align with the life-course perspective and Amenity Retirement Migration Model. Cost of living, better environment and amenities, desirable lifestyle, cultural views and perspectives, past life and work experience, previous mobility patterns, housing history, financial resources, marriage, and intergenerational relationsh…
Measuring Older Adults’ Individual Modernity
Research shows that maintaining high individual modernity level can enable the shaping of positive self-image and boost life satisfaction for older people along with better adaptation to the process of societal modernization. This study examined the factorial structure and evaluated the psychometric properties of the adapted Multidimensional Scale of Chinese Individual Modernity (MS-CIM) in a sample of 445 elders (the finalized version is named “…
Socialist Welfare in a Market Economy: Social Security Reforms in Guangzhou, China
This title was first published in 2001. Using the city of Guangzhou as a case study, this text looks at how China has adopted a market economy, whilst still maintaining state-owned enterprises and an all-embracing social security system which protects the majority of Chinese workers. This volume examines three questions: can socialist social welfare co-exist with the market economy?; can state-owned enterprises survive in a market economy?; and h…
In-service secondary school teachers’ development of design thinking
Political science (18 obras) · Economics (16 obras) · China (15 obras) · Sociology (14 obras) · Economic growth (13 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (8 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras)