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Title: Intersecting social capital and Chinese culture: Implications for services assisting unemployed youths
Author(s): Lam, Ching Man 
Author(s): Yan, M. C.
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: Sage Publications
Journal: International Social Work 
Volume: 52
Issue: 2
Start page: 195
End page: 207
Abstract: 
English
For youths to seek employment, social capital is as important as human capital. This article conceptually examines how guanxi, a form of social capital in Chinese culture, may be instrumental in helping young people access jobs. Suggestions of alternative services for helping unemployed youths in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong are offered.

French
Pour les jeunes à la recherche d’un emploi, le capital social est aussi important que le capital humain. Cet article examine comment la notion de guanxi, une forme de capital social dans la culture chinoise, peut aider concrètement les jeunes gens à avoir accès à un emploi. Il propose aussi des suggestions de services alternatifs pour aider les jeunes chômeurs en Chine, à Taïwan et à Hong-Kong.

Spanish
Para la juventud que busca empleo, el capital social es tan importante como el capital humano. Este artículo examina conceptualmente cómo guanxi, forma de capital social en la cultura China, puede ayudar instrumentalmente a la gente joven para acceder al trabajo. Se ofrecen recomendaciones de servicios alternativos para ayudar a la juventud desempleada en Mainland China, Taiwán y Hong Kong.
URI: https://repository.cihe.edu.hk/jspui/handle/cihe/2051
DOI: 10.1177/0020872808099730
CIHE Affiliated Publication: No
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