Siu Mei Lau
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siu Mei Lau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siu Mei |
| FAMILY NAME | Lau |
| SIGNATURE | LAU S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2277-2610 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Precarious Helping Hand—a Systematic Review of Precarity Faced by Social Workers
Precarity was first used to describe marginal working-class groups but later expanded to skilled workers and issues of ontological insecurity. The social work profession, despite its human rights orientation, now faces similar risks due to low funding, high workloads, and unstable organizational environments. Yet the link between precarity and social work has received limited attention. This review identified 34 studies from five social science d…
Hong Kong under Covid-19
This short article presents the plight of grassroots under the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been in the third wave from mid-July 2020. Like in many other places, the outbreak has caused economic downturn, and intensified stress about health and rising unemployment. The disadvantaged groups are suffering the most, which shows the problem of social inequality in the community. The roles of community social work in Hong Kong are highlighted to show …
Grandparenting in Chinese skipped-generation families
The main aim of this study is to fill a gap in the research on Chinese grandparents who raise their grandchildren in Hong Kong, which has implications for social policy and social welfare services. Grandparenting is embedded in Chinese culture, which emphasizes blood ties and intergenerational relationships and support. However, the meanings ascribed by grandparents who serve as surrogate/substitute parents have been found to be very different to…
Social work professionalization in China
‘Social Work’ has become more widely accepted in the Chinese Mainland since 2006 when the government decided that the social work profession could become the key solution to meeting rising needs of social development. Subsequently Shenzhen was selected as one of the cities for developing a local social work system. This paper reviews and assesses the Shenzhen experience. It finds that despite government efforts to introduce a national examination…
Social work professionalization in China
‘Social Work’ has become more widely accepted in the Chinese Mainland since 2006 when the government decided that the social work profession could become the key solution to meeting rising needs of social development. Subsequently Shenzhen was selected as one of the cities for developing a local social work system. This paper reviews and assesses the Shenzhen experience. It finds that despite government efforts to introduce a national examination…
Hong Kong under Covid-19
This short article presents the plight of grassroots under the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been in the third wave from mid-July 2020. Like in many other places, the outbreak has caused economic downturn, and intensified stress about health and rising unemployment. The disadvantaged groups are suffering the most, which shows the problem of social inequality in the community. The roles of community social work in Hong Kong are highlighted to show …
Grandparenting in Chinese skipped-generation families
The main aim of this study is to fill a gap in the research on Chinese grandparents who raise their grandchildren in Hong Kong, which has implications for social policy and social welfare services. Grandparenting is embedded in Chinese culture, which emphasizes blood ties and intergenerational relationships and support. However, the meanings ascribed by grandparents who serve as surrogate/substitute parents have been found to be very different to…
Social work professionalization in China
‘Social Work’ has become more widely accepted in the Chinese Mainland since 2006 when the government decided that the social work profession could become the key solution to meeting rising needs of social development. Subsequently Shenzhen was selected as one of the cities for developing a local social work system. This paper reviews and assesses the Shenzhen experience. It finds that despite government efforts to introduce a national examination…
Grandparenting in Chinese skipped-generation families
The main aim of this study is to fill a gap in the research on Chinese grandparents who raise their grandchildren in Hong Kong, which has implications for social policy and social welfare services. Grandparenting is embedded in Chinese culture, which emphasizes blood ties and intergenerational relationships and support. However, the meanings ascribed by grandparents who serve as surrogate/substitute parents have been found to be very different to…
Hong Kong under Covid-19
This short article presents the plight of grassroots under the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been in the third wave from mid-July 2020. Like in many other places, the outbreak has caused economic downturn, and intensified stress about health and rising unemployment. The disadvantaged groups are suffering the most, which shows the problem of social inequality in the community. The roles of community social work in Hong Kong are highlighted to show …
The Precarious Helping Hand—a Systematic Review of Precarity Faced by Social Workers
Precarity was first used to describe marginal working-class groups but later expanded to skilled workers and issues of ontological insecurity. The social work profession, despite its human rights orientation, now faces similar risks due to low funding, high workloads, and unstable organizational environments. Yet the link between precarity and social work has received limited attention. This review identified 34 studies from five social science d…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · China (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Social Work (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (1 work) · Chinese culture (1 work)