An investigation into the inter-relationship among work, family and part-time education in Hong Kong

An investigation into the inter-relationship among work, family and part-time education in Hong Kong

• Hung, Humphry Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Mondejar, Reuben City University of Hong Kong

Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 53(4), 561-576, 2001

Routledge

2001

• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment

Education Work Relationship Family Influence Family Work Relationship Foreign Countries Job Performance Job Satisfaction Life Satisfaction Part Time Students Postsecondary Education Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education
• Adult Education

Part-time tertiary education at both undergraduate and graduate levels are becoming more and more popular. In pursuing part-time studies, students must use their own limited and valuable non-work hours at the cost of giving up other commitments to their family and social lives. Part-time study is considered to be a very effective indicator of employees' drive for personal development. A research was conducted in October 2000 to study the mechanism linking work, family and part-time tertiary education, with a review to clarifying the issue and recommending means to manage the conflict among roles in these three domains. About 500 postgraduate and undergraduate part-time university students (who had full-time jobs) in Hong Kong were surveyed. The results of the study suggest that the support of employers and families has a certain statistically significant relationship with the perceived job performance and satisfaction in family and work lives of employees pursuing part-time tertiary education. However, it was observed that academic performance of employees' part-time study actually had no statistically significant correlation with any of the independent and mediating variables that were analysed in the study.
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• English

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• 13636820

• 10.1080/13636820100200177

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2010-09-06