港人跨境到中國內地工作對家庭適應的危與機：家庭抗逆力觀點

Working Mainland China: A Crisis or an Opportunity for Family?

劉玉琼(Yuk-King Lau) ； 馬麗莊(Joyce L. C. Ma) ； 陳膺強(Ying-Keung Chan) ； 賀立平(Li-Ping He)

《臺灣社會福利學刊》 7卷2期 (2009/02) Pp. 101-142

https://doi.org/10.6265/TJSW.2009.7(2)4

摘要

隨著中國的改革開放，中港之間因經貿活動而引致的人口流動日益頻繁，在2005年就有237，500港人經常往內地工作，占整體勞動人口的7.2%。以往香港偏重於探討跨境工作所引起的問題，特別是跨境工作與婚外情的問題。這些研究忽略了跨境工作人士及其家庭成員克服引誘、克服挑戰的資源和因素。外圓的相關研究，發現不少夫婦及他們的孩子，都能建立有效的應對方法去克服挑戰。本文以「家庭抗逆力」角度，透過與二十個有配偶跨境工作的港人家庭作深入訪談，從到內地工作人士及其配偶的經歷，探討跨境到內地工作的安排對家庭造成的影響，與當中涉及的危與機。

關鍵字

香港 ； 中國內地 ； 跨境工作 ； 個人及家庭適應

並列摘要

Because of the close economic relationship between Hong Kong and the Mainland, commuting across the border is emerging as a common work/family arrangement among residents of Hong Kong. In 2005, the number of Hong Kong residents working in Mainland China was 237, 500, or 7.2% of the average employed population. Previous studies using clinical samples have focused on the detrimental influences of cross-border work arrangements on family relationships, especially extra-marital affairs. However, this pathological perspective overlooks the success possibly experienced by many of these families and their resilience resources.
To address both the risks and the successes of the families, we adopted the ”family resilience perspective” as the conceptual framework for our study. Based on qualitative data from in-depth interviews with 20 families in which one or both spouses work on the Mainland, this paper discusses the impact of these cross-border work arrangements, including the crises and opportunities they create in relation to family adjustment.

並列關鍵字

cross-border work arrangement ； Hong Kong residents ； Mainland China ； family adjustment

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