Thesis (M.N.)--Dalhousie University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-100). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD%5F0025/MQ36382.pdf

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 262-284).

This study explores the psychological and social aspects of the experience of being disowned. Disownment can arise at two levels. At the intrapersonal level disownment is characterized by: the repression of emotions, needs, and aspects of one's personality. At the interpersonal level, disownment involves the complete break in social, emotional, economic, familial support and community relations. This paper examines the relationship between the two. Ten Indo-Canadian women who had experienced an aspect of disownment were interviewed. Results revealed that a variety of factors can precipitate this stressful event. How these women cope with the experience was determined by factors which either facilitated or hindered the adjustment process. From the analysis of the data, disownment not only resulted as a consequence of a life transition but it also emerged as a transitional process. The disownment model is presented to provide a framework for understanding this underlying process. The three stage model of disownment describes the: 1) anticipation of shift, 2) adjustment and 3) re-integration. Implications of the model for counseling and research are also discussed. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

published_or_final_version / Comparative Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

Ng, Philomena. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-221). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii-iv / Table of Content --- p.v-vii / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Background / The Issue / Research Problem / Summary of the Framework / Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review --- p.21 / The Socio-cultural context in Hong Kong / Self or Subjects/Subjectivity? / The Construction of Subjectivity through the Lens of Cultural Citizenship ´ؤ The Us and Other Distinction / Understanding the Agentic Subject through the Lens of Cultural Citizenship / Ideology/Discourses VS the Exercise of Agency / Construction of Subjectivity and the Exercise of Agency Through Narrations / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Three --- Methodology --- p.50 / My Epistemology Position / Topic / Definition of Core Terms / Research Questions / Purpose of My Research / Data Sources and Methods / Validity and Reliability / Generalizability / Chapter Chapter Four --- Background of my informants --- p.72 / Introduction / Background of my informants / Summary of the main characteristics of my informants / Chapter Chapter Five --- Empirical Chapter: The Making of Cultural Citizenship of Group1 --- p.102 / Introduction / In-group and Out-group within the female migrants community / Their In-group / The Construction of Out-group ´ؤ Hongkongeses / How do they perceive their own identity? Hongkongese? Mainlanders? Or something else? / Their Connections with Hong Kong / Active Resistance: Agency exercised at home / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Six --- Empirical Chapter: The Making of Cultural Citizenship of Group2 --- p.141 / Introduction / In-group / Hong Kong people: out-group or in-between in-group and out-group / How do they perceive their own identity? Hongkongese? Mainlanders? Or something else? / Their connections with Hong Kong / Exercising their agency to ward off the enforced identities / Subsuming to the dominated discourse about CSSA recipients / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Data Comparison and Discussion --- p.170 / Introduction / Sense of Community of Group 1 and 2 / Why Did They Draw the Boundaries in Such a Way? / Assessing the Agency of the Female Migrants / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Eight --- Concluding Chapter --- p.191 / My Interviewing Experiences and Self-reflexivity / Limitations / Implications/Contributions / Unanswered Questions or Some Interesting Points for Further / Studies / Conclusion / List of References --- p.213 / Appendix1 --- p.222 / Interview guidelines/questions

This study focuses on the new generation of Chinese migrants who came to Japan in the 2010s. As a result of the increasingly close economic relationship between China and Japan in recent years, increasing numbers of Chinese migrants have entered the Japanese job market. The emerging phenomenon in which young workers apply to major Chinese cities for jobs in Japan calls for attention. More and more human resource service companies build platforms for Chinese fresh graduates to explore the Japanese labor market and at the same time provide opportunities for Japanese employers seeking young Chinese employees. This transnational occupational niche has emerged as a result of the developing transnational economy between Japan and China. Nevertheless, working in Japanese companies with long-established gendered norms, these Chinese women are facing obstacles brought by their identities as both foreigners and female employees. / In addition, as another important component of Chinese migrants in Japan, students’ characteristics are worth investigating. Their processes of decision-making for migration, their current situation in Japan, and their plans for career have received relatively little attention in the literature on Chinese migrants. They deserve attention as a relatively new group of migrants since some of them are not considering Japan as their ideal destinations. / In this study, I aim to shed light upon the life of young Chinese female migrants in Japan. By depicting their migration motivations, the obstacles and challenges they are facing in both their workplaces and daily lives, and their future plans, I hope to present their lives in Japan and reveal their value orientations. From their working, studying and living experiences in a foreign country, I point out their characteristics as a new category of Chinese migrants in Japan. / 本研究着眼於的人群为2010 年後赴日的中國女性移民。伴隨著近年來中日兩國之間的經濟關係的不斷加深，愈來愈多的中國移民湧入日本勞動力市場。值得注意的一個現象是一批畢業於中國主要城市的大學的年輕大學生正在把握機遇前往日本勞動力市場大展拳腳。這一現象的背後是：愈來愈多的中日合資人才服務機構的出現為日本企業以及中國大學畢業生構建了一個平台。在這個平台之上，中國大學畢業生可以探索挖掘日本勞動力市場中的機會，而同時日本企業亦可尋得中國人才。進而，中日之間愈發密切的貿易往來引致的職業缺口得以填補。儘管如此，面對日本職場中的條條框框，這些中國女性依舊強烈感受到作為女性和外國移民雙重身份所帶來的重重壓力。 / 同時，作為在日中國人的另一主要組成部份，留學生們同樣應得到學者們的關注。然而這一人群的移民動機，在日本的生活情況，以及職業規劃仍未能獲得學界的足夠重視。這些年輕的留學生的一大特徵，即將日本作為一個中轉站而非最終目的地，值得學界更加深入的探討。 / 筆者希望藉由本研究中的報導人的生活，展示年輕一代中國女性移民在日本的生活以及她們的價值取向。為此，筆者將描述以下幾方面的內容：即她們赴日的動機，她們在職場及日常生活中遇到的困難和挑戰，以及她們對於自己未來的設想 。通過分析這些年輕的中國女性在日本工作，學習及生活經歷，筆者希望將她們作為新一代的在日中國移民的特徵呈現出來。 / Sun, Qing. / Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-180). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 05, October, 2016). / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and life-stories of recent Canadian immigrant women and their resilience in every day life. A qualitative methodology involving repeated in-depth person-centered interviewing (two to three interviews for each participant) focused on a holistic and in-depth understanding of resilience. Five immigrant women volunteered to participate in the study. Snowball sampling and ‘word of mouth’ were used to recruit participants. Narrative analysis (first level) and thematic analysis (second level) were used to explore. In addition to the life stories, three major themes emerged from the data: Life before Canada; A Journey of Compound Stressors; and Resilience in Everyday Life. Loneliness surfaced as a dominant stressor among the participants as a consequence of immigration. The absence of friendships within the context of immigration was a new finding emerging from this study. Findings further our understanding of recent Canadian immigrant women’s life experiences and concomitantly their resilience. Suggestions for future research are addressed in this study. / xiii, 262 leaves ; 29 cm

Bibliogrpahy: leaves 288-306. / xvi, 325 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 2000

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of History, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002. / Bibliography: leaves [720]-750.