Migration and job satisfaction ? A logistic regression analysis of satisfaction of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong

French, Carolyn; Lam, Yui‐Ming

doi:10.1007/bf00384219

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“…Research on the adjustment and satisfaction of FDHs in Hong Kong has focused on conditions of work (French and Lam, 1988); labour economics (Lane, 1989); and demographic factors (AMWC, 1991). A source of difficulty in interpreting these studies is the sampling base: obtaining data from official sources (at the point of emigration, or in seeking renewal of labour permits in Hong Kong) means that research is attached to a set of bureaucratic procedures, with an unknown effect on responses.…”

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Stress factors and mental health adjustment of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong

Bagley¹,

Madrid²,

Bolitho³

1997

International Social Work

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Section: Mental Health Scale Validation: Methods Of Researchmentioning

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Stress factors and mental health adjustment of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong

Bagley¹,

Madrid²,

Bolitho³

1997

International Social Work

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“…Previous studies on Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong have assessed their working conditions, job satisfaction, and health practices (e.g., Cheung & Mok, 1998;French & Lam, 1988). French (1986) found that Filipino workers were generally satisfied with their work conditions.…”

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Bicultural Identity, Bilingualism, and Psychological Adjustment in Multicultural Societies: Immigration‐Based and Globalization‐Based Acculturation

Chen

Benet‐Martínez

Bond

2008

Journal of Personality

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The present investigation examined the impact of bicultural identity, bilingualism, and social context on the psychological adjustment of multicultural individuals. Our studies targeted three distinct types of biculturals: Mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong, Filipino domestic workers (i.e., sojourners) in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese college students. Individual differences in Bicultural Identity Integration (BII; Benet-Martínez, Leu, Lee, & Morris, 2002) positively predicted psychological adjustment for all the samples except sojourners even after controlling for the personality traits of neuroticism and self-efficacy. Cultural identification and language abilities also predicted adjustment, although these associations varied across the samples in meaningful ways. We concluded that, in the process of managing multiple cultural environments and group loyalties, bilingual competence, and perceiving one's two cultural identities as integrated are important antecedents of beneficial psychological outcomes.

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“…How do FDWs affect family dynamics and parent-child relationships? The existing literature on FDWs in Hong Kong is mostly concerned with the employment relations and social adaptation of these workers, but not many studies focus on the role of these workers in their host families (Chang & Groves, 2000;Cheung & Mok, 1998;French & Lam, 1988;Groves & Chang, 1999;Ozeki, 1995;Suen, 1994). To understand their roles, in 2002, I interviewed 15 middle class dual-earner couples that employ FDWs.…”

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Live-in Foreign Domestic Workers and their Impact on Hong Kong’s Middle Class Families

Chan¹

2005

J Fam Econ Iss

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This paper discusses the impact of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) on parental roles and family dynamics of Hong Kong's middle class families. The increase in married women's labor force participation in Hong Kong has led to a greater demand for childcare, which has been filled by FDWs. Based on interviews with 15 dual-earner couples in middle class nuclear families employing FDWs, how FDWs affect the mother's gender role and family dynamics is discussed. Boundary work is used by parents in their daily interaction with their children and their FDWs so as to reconcile the perceived indispensability of these workers on the one hand, and the challenges they pose to the definition of parenthood on the other.

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Migration and job satisfaction ? A logistic regression analysis of satisfaction of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Stress factors and mental health adjustment of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong

Stress factors and mental health adjustment of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong

Bicultural Identity, Bilingualism, and Psychological Adjustment in Multicultural Societies: Immigration‐Based and Globalization‐Based Acculturation

Live-in Foreign Domestic Workers and their Impact on Hong Kong’s Middle Class Families

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