A Validity Study of the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire in Hong Kong

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Organizational Performance and Learning Styles in Hong Kong

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How similarity to peers and supervisor influences organizational advancement in different cultures

This study tested hypotheses concerning how similarity of personality traits between promotion candidates and their peers and supervisors influences promotion decisions in different work unit cultures. Personality similarity to peers was positively associated with promotion in units with high individualism. In units with high collectivism, supervisor-subordinate personality similarity was instead a significant predictor of advancement. Behavioral integration between candidates and their peers and supervisors partially mediated the influence of personality similarity on promotion. Demographic similarity had little influence on promotion decisions. We discuss implications for understanding similarity effects and for increasing the validity of promotion decisions.preprin

Possible selves, strategies and perceived likelihood among adolescents in Hong Kong: desire and concern

Possible selves provide a new perspective and a systematic way to learn about adolescents’ envisioning of their own future. Literature shows some patterns of possible selves are universal worldwide while some are sensitive to context and culture. This study adapted the open-ended Possible Selves Questionnaire into Chinese and explored the general patterns of possible selves among adolescents in Chinese context. 3,078 secondary school students in Hong Kong were surveyed about their possible selves and demographic factors. It is found that adolescents have more career- and school- related hoped-for possible selves and have more drug and risky behavior feared possible selves. Adolescents have less strategy, especially concrete strategy for their possible selves. Gender and age differences were examined and potential contextual and cultural influences were discussed.published_or_final_versio

The relationship between external job mobility and salary attainment across career stages

The current study examines the relationship between external job mobility and salary for employees in different career stages. Based on career stage and career timetable theories, we predict that external job mobility would generate the greatest salary benefits for early-career employees whereas external job mobility would generate fewer salary benefits for employees in mid- and late career stages. Data collected from multiple industries in Hong Kong and the United States consistently show that, as expected, highly mobile early-career employees earn significantly greater salaries than their less mobile peers do. The positive effects of external job mobility on salary were stronger for early-career workers than for mid-and late-career workers.postprin

Study protocol for a controlled trial of Strengths Model Case Management in mental health services in Hong Kong

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Effect of an infection control programme in enteral feeding bacterial contamination in nursing homes

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The urgency of now: Building recovery-oriented, community-based mental health services in China

For the first time in history, China has a mental health legal framework. People in China can now expect a better life and more accessible, better-quality health care services for their loved ones. Development of a community mental health service (CMHS) is at a crossroads. In this new column on mental health reforms in Asia, the authors review the current state of the CMHS in China and propose four strategic directions for future development: building on the strengths of the "686 Project," the 2004 initiative that launched China's mental health reform; improving professional skills of the mental health workforce, especially for a recovery approach; empowering families and caregivers to support individuals with severe mental illness; and using information and communications technology to promote self-help and reduce the stigma associated with psychiatric disorders.Health Policy & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthPsychiatrySCI(E)SSCI1ARTICLE7613-6166

Feasibility and potentials of online support for stress management among secondary school teachers

Teachers' work-related stress is a widespread problem. Few studies have used online communications to provide support to teachers, and these were mainly focused on novice teachers. Here, we performed an exploratory study to examine whether the use of online forums by secondary school teachers in Hong Kong could provide social support to manage work-related stress. Following 7 days of forum use, content analysis and post-intervention evaluations were carried out to examine the anonymous communications of 75 secondary school teachers who participated in one of five online discussion forums. Consensus on the coding and categorization of the data was reached among three experienced researchers in qualitative analyses. The online forums were well received by the participants. Most participants reported that they received support from the forum and considered it useful for stress management. These results suggest that online support can be used for stress management among secondary school teachers. Further studies on using online approaches as stress management tools are warranted. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.preprin

An economical fabrication technique for SIMOX using plasma immersion ion implantation

Buried oxide layers in Si were fabricated using non-mass analyzed plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII). The implantation was carried out by applying a large negative bias to a Si wafer immersed in an oxygen plasma and a dose of 3×1017 cm-2 of oxygen was implanted in about three minutes. Cross section transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RES) were used to characterize the wafers. Our results indicate that a continuous buried oxide layer with a single crystal silicon overlayer was synthesizedpublished_or_final_versio