A unified middle class or two middle classes? A comparison of career strategies and intergenerational mobility strategies between teachers and managers in contemporary Hong Kong

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-186

  Wong, Yi Lee ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Managers; Middle class; Mobility strategies; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPITALISM; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 3042772202     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00014.x     Document Type: Review

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