To be or not to be: A meaning-making process for migrant Hong Kong social workers in England

Echo Yuet Wah Yeung; Zeno C. S. Leung; Alvin Kwok

doi:10.1177/00208728251319490

To be or not to be: A meaning-making process for migrant Hong Kong social workers in England

Echo Yuet Wah Yeung , Zeno C. S. Leung, Alvin Kwok

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This article examines the meaning-making experiences of migrant social workers from Hong Kong in England. Individual interviews were conducted with 22 migrant social workers. Family comes first, regaining confidence from self-doubt and persevering and keep fighting are the meanings they attributed to their resettlement experiences. García-Ramírez et al.’s acculturative integration framework offers insights into how migrant social workers can regain their sense of agency, activate and expand their support networks and mobilise collective resources to overcome systemic barriers. This approach enables them to adapt to their new lives and potentially restart their profession in a new country.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	International social work (ISW)
Early online date	12 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728251319490
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 12 Mar 2025

Keywords

Acculturation, acculturative integration, re-engagement with profession, resettlement, social work values
resettlement
Acculturation
acculturative integration
social work values
re-engagement with profession

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