Bong-ho Mok
Biographic Data
| ID | 5822732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bong-ho Mok |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bong-ho |
| FAMILY NAME | Mok |
| SIGNATURE | MOK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mental health and social support
This is a pioneering study examining the effect of different types of social support on the mental health of the physically disabled in mainland China. With a random sample of 204 physically disabled people in Guangzhou, the biggest metropolis in southern China, results of this study showed that perceived social support was more effective in maintaining the mental health of the physically disabled than received social support. With respect to rec…
Emotions, self‐interest and support for social welfare in a Chinese society with reference to a Dutch study on welfare legitimacy
This article aims at contributing to a better understanding of welfare legitimacy in different institutional contexts. It examines whether or not emotions are important for welfare legitimacy by using survey findings from a representative sample of Chinese residents in Hong Kong. It follows a Dutch study of a similar nature, but finds that the Chinese exhibit a different response pattern towards the emotional motives of moral obligation and empat…
Empowerment Effect of Self-Help Group Participation in a Chinese Context
Although self-help group participation and its empowerment effect have been widely discussed, very few studies have been conducted in a Chinese context. This paper addresses this important issue in Hong Kong. Delineated into intrapersonal empowerment, interpersonal empowerment and extra-personal empowerment, personal empowerment is viewed as a form of social capital that can be derived from participation in the social relations within the group, …
Self-help Group Participation and Empowerment in Hong Kong
This paper reports on the first comprehensive study of self-help groups in Hong Kong. Initial findings from the quantative and qualitative data suggest that self-help group participation has an impact on intrapersonal, interpersonal and community/political empowerment. Based on existing data, this study has resulted in the development of a hypothetical model encompassing the interrelationships among self-help group participation, social support, …
In the Service of Market Socialism
The socialist market economy in China has brought about impressive economic growth. It has also resulted in serious social problems such as unemployment, deteriorating family relations, prostitution, and poverty among the disadvantaged groups. This paper discusses a welfare model proposed by the Chinese Government to contain the destabilizing effects of the social problems and to serve the newly adopted market socialism. The authors argue that al…
Influence through political power
Portrait of a Social Worker in China
Portrait of a Social Worker in China Get access Bong-ho Mok Bong-ho Mok Bong-ho Mok is Lecturer, Department of Social Work, The University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Northern Taiwan, Hong Kong, China. Data reported in this article were derived from a research project entitled “Program of Research and Teaching on the Chinese Society” sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Asian Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Search for other works by…
Social welfare in China in an era of economic reform
In the Service of Socialism
China's socialist ideal officially commits it, above all, to improving the living standards of its people. This article examines the forms social services take in the context of this commitment and in a country that still lacks professional social workers
Influence through political power
Emotions, self‐interest and support for social welfare in a Chinese society with reference to a Dutch study on welfare legitimacy
This article aims at contributing to a better understanding of welfare legitimacy in different institutional contexts. It examines whether or not emotions are important for welfare legitimacy by using survey findings from a representative sample of Chinese residents in Hong Kong. It follows a Dutch study of a similar nature, but finds that the Chinese exhibit a different response pattern towards the emotional motives of moral obligation and empat…
Social welfare in China in an era of economic reform
Mental health and social support
This is a pioneering study examining the effect of different types of social support on the mental health of the physically disabled in mainland China. With a random sample of 204 physically disabled people in Guangzhou, the biggest metropolis in southern China, results of this study showed that perceived social support was more effective in maintaining the mental health of the physically disabled than received social support. With respect to rec…
Empowerment Effect of Self-Help Group Participation in a Chinese Context
Although self-help group participation and its empowerment effect have been widely discussed, very few studies have been conducted in a Chinese context. This paper addresses this important issue in Hong Kong. Delineated into intrapersonal empowerment, interpersonal empowerment and extra-personal empowerment, personal empowerment is viewed as a form of social capital that can be derived from participation in the social relations within the group, …
Self-help Group Participation and Empowerment in Hong Kong
This paper reports on the first comprehensive study of self-help groups in Hong Kong. Initial findings from the quantative and qualitative data suggest that self-help group participation has an impact on intrapersonal, interpersonal and community/political empowerment. Based on existing data, this study has resulted in the development of a hypothetical model encompassing the interrelationships among self-help group participation, social support, …
In the Service of Socialism
China's socialist ideal officially commits it, above all, to improving the living standards of its people. This article examines the forms social services take in the context of this commitment and in a country that still lacks professional social workers
Portrait of a Social Worker in China
Portrait of a Social Worker in China Get access Bong-ho Mok Bong-ho Mok Bong-ho Mok is Lecturer, Department of Social Work, The University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Northern Taiwan, Hong Kong, China. Data reported in this article were derived from a research project entitled “Program of Research and Teaching on the Chinese Society” sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Asian Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Search for other works by…
Social welfare in China in an era of economic reform
Influence through political power
In the Service of Market Socialism
The socialist market economy in China has brought about impressive economic growth. It has also resulted in serious social problems such as unemployment, deteriorating family relations, prostitution, and poverty among the disadvantaged groups. This paper discusses a welfare model proposed by the Chinese Government to contain the destabilizing effects of the social problems and to serve the newly adopted market socialism. The authors argue that al…
Self-help Group Participation and Empowerment in Hong Kong
This paper reports on the first comprehensive study of self-help groups in Hong Kong. Initial findings from the quantative and qualitative data suggest that self-help group participation has an impact on intrapersonal, interpersonal and community/political empowerment. Based on existing data, this study has resulted in the development of a hypothetical model encompassing the interrelationships among self-help group participation, social support, …
Mental health and social support
This is a pioneering study examining the effect of different types of social support on the mental health of the physically disabled in mainland China. With a random sample of 204 physically disabled people in Guangzhou, the biggest metropolis in southern China, results of this study showed that perceived social support was more effective in maintaining the mental health of the physically disabled than received social support. With respect to rec…
Emotions, self‐interest and support for social welfare in a Chinese society with reference to a Dutch study on welfare legitimacy
This article aims at contributing to a better understanding of welfare legitimacy in different institutional contexts. It examines whether or not emotions are important for welfare legitimacy by using survey findings from a representative sample of Chinese residents in Hong Kong. It follows a Dutch study of a similar nature, but finds that the Chinese exhibit a different response pattern towards the emotional motives of moral obligation and empat…
Empowerment Effect of Self-Help Group Participation in a Chinese Context
Although self-help group participation and its empowerment effect have been widely discussed, very few studies have been conducted in a Chinese context. This paper addresses this important issue in Hong Kong. Delineated into intrapersonal empowerment, interpersonal empowerment and extra-personal empowerment, personal empowerment is viewed as a form of social capital that can be derived from participation in the social relations within the group, …
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