Return migration and identity a global phenomenon, a Hong Kong case
Return migration is an emergent global trend. In a pioneering study, this book examines the phenomenon from a psychological and identity perspective by summarizing worldwide patterns and delving in depth into local outcomes for Hong Kong returnees. Based in part on research collected in Hong Kong am...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press
2010.
Aberdeen, Hong Kong : 2010. |
| Colección: | Gale eBooks
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798406506719 |
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- Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; About the author; Introduction: ""Anna"" migrates and returns home; 1 - A short history of two hundred years of Hong Kong migration and identity; 2 - Sojourner adjustment and adaptation to new cultures; 3 - Returning home; 4 - Results from the Hong Kong Remigration Project; 5 - Additive identity; 6 - Subtractive identity; 7 - Global and affirmative identities; 8 - Remigrants and family life; 9 - Remigrants and professional life; 10 - Confucius and Socrates; 11 - The new Hong Kong boomerang
- Appendix A - Hong Kong Remigration Project questionnaire and psychological scalesAppendix B - Methods, sample, and qualitative analysis; Appendix C - Quantitative analysis; Appendix D - Demographic characteristics of research participants; Notes; References; Index
