Lu Yun rejoices that she did not hesitate to take the job as a community patrol a year ago. "Had I refused to take up the job, there would have been no opportunity at all to find a job now," she said. In 200...Lu Yun rejoices that she did not hesitate to take the job as a community patrol a year ago. "Had I refused to take up the job, there would have been no opportunity at all to find a job now," she said. In 2001, the Dalian city government bought a number of jobs of public welfare in nature, including patrols in communities. However, many people were reluctant to take them at the time, leaving several hundred vacancies. Lu Yun, 48, was laid off by the Dalian Department Store four years ago. She applied and was given the job. Although the monthly salary is only 400 yuan, she took to like it. "I can enjoy old-age insurance and medical insurance,"展开更多
Objective:The objective was to explore the psychological experiences of laid-off workers in contemporary transitional China and to formulate a theoretical model of these.Methods:In-depth interviews of 26 laid-off work...Objective:The objective was to explore the psychological experiences of laid-off workers in contemporary transitional China and to formulate a theoretical model of these.Methods:In-depth interviews of 26 laid-off workers were conducted and analysed using grounded theory techniques.Results:Four themes underline the psychological processes of these laid-off workers-feeling of loss,feeling of physical pain,feeling of fatalism,and final acceptance.These are characterized by Chinese culture and its philosophy-feeling of loss is dominated by their loss of face(diu mi-anzi),physical pain is a somatization of their mental painfulness,their fatalism is traced back to the Chinese ancient theocratic concept of Tian Ming,and their acceptance of reality to their final making face(zheng mianzi)is sourced from both Confucianism and Daoism.Conclusion:The psychological experience of laid-off workers(or unemployed workers)is likely to have varied manifestations in different cultural contexts.The psychological processes of Chinese laid-off workers(or unemployed workers)might be different from those of laid-off workers in Western countries.A therapeutic intervention to cater for the needs of laid-off workers derived from the four themes might be effective.展开更多
THE continued deepening of thereform of Chinese State-ownedenterprises has caused a large number oflaid-off workers.How to deal with them isan entirely new subject for the State,society and the work unit and it is apr...THE continued deepening of thereform of Chinese State-ownedenterprises has caused a large number oflaid-off workers.How to deal with them isan entirely new subject for the State,society and the work unit and it is aproblem that is not going to just disappear.Though there are a number of policies展开更多
文摘Lu Yun rejoices that she did not hesitate to take the job as a community patrol a year ago. "Had I refused to take up the job, there would have been no opportunity at all to find a job now," she said. In 2001, the Dalian city government bought a number of jobs of public welfare in nature, including patrols in communities. However, many people were reluctant to take them at the time, leaving several hundred vacancies. Lu Yun, 48, was laid off by the Dalian Department Store four years ago. She applied and was given the job. Although the monthly salary is only 400 yuan, she took to like it. "I can enjoy old-age insurance and medical insurance,"
文摘Objective:The objective was to explore the psychological experiences of laid-off workers in contemporary transitional China and to formulate a theoretical model of these.Methods:In-depth interviews of 26 laid-off workers were conducted and analysed using grounded theory techniques.Results:Four themes underline the psychological processes of these laid-off workers-feeling of loss,feeling of physical pain,feeling of fatalism,and final acceptance.These are characterized by Chinese culture and its philosophy-feeling of loss is dominated by their loss of face(diu mi-anzi),physical pain is a somatization of their mental painfulness,their fatalism is traced back to the Chinese ancient theocratic concept of Tian Ming,and their acceptance of reality to their final making face(zheng mianzi)is sourced from both Confucianism and Daoism.Conclusion:The psychological experience of laid-off workers(or unemployed workers)is likely to have varied manifestations in different cultural contexts.The psychological processes of Chinese laid-off workers(or unemployed workers)might be different from those of laid-off workers in Western countries.A therapeutic intervention to cater for the needs of laid-off workers derived from the four themes might be effective.
文摘THE continued deepening of thereform of Chinese State-ownedenterprises has caused a large number oflaid-off workers.How to deal with them isan entirely new subject for the State,society and the work unit and it is aproblem that is not going to just disappear.Though there are a number of policies
