Graduate Employability of South Asian Ethnic Minority Youths - Voices From Hong Kong

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.

List of contents

1. Foundations 2. Conceptualising Higher Education-to-Work Transitions 3. Lessons from Academic Experiences of Minority Youths 4. Understanding Employability and Employment of Ethnic Minority Graduates 5. Transition Stage I: Forces Shaping the Job Preparatory Stage 6. Transition Stage II: Forces Shaping the Job Seeking Stage 7. Developing Employability: A New Perspective for Ethnic Minority Graduates 8. Future Directions and Contributions

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Bibi Arfeen, Bibi (University of Hong Kong Arfeen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032631127
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263112-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Education and Society in China
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Asia, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sociology: work & labour, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Sociology: work and labour, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies