Themes in the career development of 1.5 generation Hmong American women.

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Themes in the career development of 1.5 generation Hmong American women.

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2010-09

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Research on the career development of Asian Americans have typically aggregated the diverse Asian ethnic groups as one group for study and have employed cross-cultural comparison methods often based on a deficit model that overlook important within group differences and ignore the subjective experience of the individual. This qualitative study set out to understand the ways in which 1.5 Hmong American women have experienced, understood and have navigated their career development processes, and sought to answer the questions: How do 1.5 generation Hmong American women understand and make meaning of the term "career"; what are the themes and characteristics of the career development process for 1.5 generation Hmong American women; and what factors influence the career development processes of 1.5 generation Hmong American women? Twenty participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using principles of inductive analyses and modified CQR method. Six domains and 31 themes emerged from the analyses. The domains that emerged were: 1) Career Conceptualization, 2) Self and Career Actualization, 3) Family, Cultural, and Gender Expectations, 4) Systems of Support: Family, Role Models/Mentors, and a Sense of Community, 5) Overcoming Challenges and Barriers, and 6) Resilience. Implications and recommendations based on the findings were also made.

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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. September 2010. Major: Educational Psychology. Advisor: Michael P. Goh. 1 computer file (PDF), vi, 156 pages, appendices A-E.

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Yang, Ava. (2010). Themes in the career development of 1.5 generation Hmong American women.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/99005.

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