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Youth work, prosocial behaviour, and micro-foundation of working-class solidarity among vocational school students in China.
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Journal of Education & Work . Jul2023, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p393-407. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Despite the large number of working-class students having to work while attending schools, their work experience and the potential of class solidarity have been largely unaddressed. By bringing in a social psychological perspective, this article revives the sociological debates of working-class solidarity and challenges the defeatist view of solidarity since the neoliberal turn of the global economy. This article comprises two studies. In Study 1, a working-class solidarity measure (WCSM) was developed through interviews, followed by factor-analysis of a vocational school sample in China (n = 509). In Study 2, we validated the factor structure of the WCSM and adopted structural equation modelling to show that prosocial behaviour positively predicted solidarity among vocational school students (n = 2534). Contrary to the understanding that the working-class is divisive and fragmentary, our work shows that working-class solidarity can be built and consolidated through layers of prosocial behaviours by students with work experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PROSOCIAL behavior
*SOLIDARITY
*VOCATIONAL school students
*SOCIOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13639080
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Education & Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164943737
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2023.2228721