published_or_final_version / Geography / Master / Master of Arts in China Development Studies

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

abstract / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management

published_or_final_version / Community Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health

published_or_final_version / abstract / Social Work and Social Administration / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Chen, Yingjun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-207). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Statement of problem --- p.1 / Literature review --- p.3 / Methodology --- p.14 / The structure of the thesis --- p.19 / Chapter 2 --- Domestic Service Market in Shanghai --- p.21 / Two operating systems --- p.21 / An unregulated market --- p.24 / Conflicts between agencies and maids --- p.29 / From the local to foreign domestic service market --- p.37 / Chapter 3 --- Chinese Maids in Shanghai: A Personal Profile --- p.47 / "Salary, days off and live-in/out" --- p.47 / Who are they and why did they come to Shanghai to work as maids? --- p.50 / Coming and leaving: Two stories --- p.55 / Living in Shanghai --- p.59 / Conflicts among maids --- p.65 / What value do maids place on their job? --- p.68 / Future plans --- p.71 / Chapter 4 --- "Chinese Maids: The Explicit, the Implicit and the Unsaid in the Pre-Job Phase" --- p.75 / Unspoken rules of being a proper maid --- p.75 / Factors affecting hiring a maid --- p.82 / Factors affecting accepting a job --- p.93 / Chapter 5 --- The Chinese Maid-Employer Relationship: Conflicts and Resistance --- p.102 / Conflicts with employers --- p.102 / Resistance --- p.128 / Chapter 6 --- Filipina Maids in Shanghai: A Personal Profile --- p.134 / Where do Filipina maids work in Shanghai? --- p.134 / Who are these Filipina maids and who are their employers? --- p.136 / Legal status --- p.138 / Why did Filipinas come to China to work as maids? --- p.141 / Living in Shanghai --- p.146 / About Grace --- p.152 / Future plans --- p.155 / Maids´ة dual identities in Shanghai --- p.156 / Chapter 7 --- The Employment of Filipina Maids and the Employer-Filipina Maid Relationship --- p.162 / Reasons for hiring Filipina maids --- p.162 / Problems with employers --- p.174 / Chapter 8 --- Pulling the Strands Together: Power Relationships --- p.190 / Power is the core --- p.190 / The causes --- p.193 / The consequence --- p.199 / A visual depiction of the relationship and its causes --- p.202 / Bibliography --- p.204

published_or_final_version / abstract / Sociology / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

by Cheung Ka Mei, Vanessa, Chung Yuk King, Mecky. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1989. / Bibliography: leaf 47.