Having Less but Giving More: Work Experience and Prosocial Behavior of Chinese Working-Class Youth

Autor/inn/en	Hui, Bryant P. H.; Ngai, Pun; Qiu, Jack Linchuan; Koo, Anita
Titel	Having Less but Giving More: Work Experience and Prosocial Behavior of Chinese Working-Class Youth
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 52 (2020) 8, S.1582-1601 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hui, Bryant P. H.) ORCID (Ngai, Pun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X19840239
Schlagwörter	Prosocial Behavior; Work Experience; Vocational Schools; Structural Equation Models; Citizen Participation; Working Class; Student Employment; Labor; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Socioeconomic Status; Student Attitudes; Altruism; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Labor Conditions; Knowledge Level; Contracts; Volunteers; Student Characteristics; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Arbeiterklasse; Studentenarbeit; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Schülerverhalten; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Arbeitsbedingungen; Wissensbasis; Vertrag; Freiwilliger
Abstract	Adolescent behavior is often negatively viewed especially regarding work experience. By introducing a concept of prosocial behavior, our study attempts to provide an alternative view on the effects of teenage job and work experience. We hypothesized that work experience could generate more prosocial behaviors. By surveying a large group of working-class youth (N = 2,860) from eight Chinese vocational schools and using structural equation modeling, we confirmed that the pattern of "having less, giving more" could be found in our sample. Our findings revealed that work experience could facilitate prosocial behavior via the increase of knowledge of both contract-based rights and labor action. By understanding working-class youth's prosocial behavior as a positive outcome of work experience, this study calls for further research on other positive outcomes, such as cooperation, civic engagement, and solidarity, among working-class youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01