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Hong Kong Academics' Perceived Work Environment and Job Dissatisfaction: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy
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Zhang, Li-fang; Fu, Mingchen; Li, Dorothy Tao – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Much research has been conducted to investigate the impact of work environment on academics' job satisfaction. However, little is known about what contributes to academics' job dissatisfaction. Job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction are two distinct entities because a lack of job satisfaction cannot be simply equated with job dissatisfaction.…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Job Satisfaction, College Faculty, Self Efficacy
Social Harmony in Hong Kong: Level, Determinants and Policy Implications
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Ho, Simon S. M.; Chan, Raymond S. Y. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This study aims at ascertaining how Hong Kong people perceive Hong Kong as a harmonious society. It also identifies the elements that are most conducive to social harmony in Hong Kong, so that the government could take reference when formulating new policies. 1,062 adults residents were asked to rate their perceived level of social harmony and…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Integrity, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Inner Worlds and Outer Limits: The Formation of Beginning School Principals in Hong Kong
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Cheung, Robin Man-biu; Walker, Allan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to one's understanding of how beginning principals in Hong Kong exercise leadership by exploring the concurrent influence of their inner worlds and the external contexts on their leadership within a reforming environment. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a study of the work lives of beginning principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Beginning Principals, Leadership Training
An International Study of the Gendered Nature of Academic Work: Some Cross-Cultural Explorations.
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Poole, Millicent; Bornholt, Laurel; Summers, Fiona – Higher Education, 1997
Examines gender-related nature of academic work, based on an international survey of college and university faculty. Describes commonalities for areas of discrimination among men and women faculty in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States. Focuses on working conditions, professional activities…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
The Academic Profession: An International Perspective. A Special Report.
Boyer, Ernest L.; And Others – 1994
This report examines the results of an international study of higher education systems, based on surveys of approximately 1,000 faculty in each of the following nations: United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Israel, and Australia. Findings are organized around seven…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty
END 2015: International Conference on Education and New Developments. Conference Proceedings (Porto, Portugal, June 27-29, 2015)
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends