Breaking through the "glass ceiling"?: the empowerment experience of female journalists in the newsroom of Hong Kong.

• Other Authors: Man, Yu Ching.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Women journalists; Women journalists > China > Hong Kong; Employee empowerment; Employee empowerment > China > Hong Kong
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893291; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-326023

Man, Yu Ching. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-144). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === ABSTRACT (English version) --- p.i === ABSTRACT (Chinese version) --- p.iii === ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iv === TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v === LIST OF TABLES --- p.iii === LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix === Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 === Chapter 2. --- BACKGROUND --- p.3 === Chapter 2.1 --- Social and Historical Context --- p.3 === Chapter 2.2 --- News Industry in Hong Kong --- p.7 === Chapter 2.3 --- Female journalists in Hong Kong Journalism Field --- p.9 === Chapter 3. --- THEORETICAL CONTEXT --- p.14 === Chapter 3.1 --- Relationship between Patriarchy and Capitalism --- p.14 === Chapter 3.2 --- Studies on Gender in Organisations --- p.17 === Chapter 3.3 --- Studies on Gender Inequality in Organisational Structure --- p.21 === Chapter 3.4 --- An Overview of Female Journalists in News Organisations --- p.23 === Chapter 3.5 --- Studies on Gender and News Production --- p.26 === Chapter 4. --- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.29 === Chapter 4.1 --- Empowerment --- p.29 === Chapter 4.1.1 --- Definitions of empowerment --- p.29 === Chapter 4.1.2 --- Feminist notion of empowerment --- p.31 === Chapter 4.1.3 --- Dimensions of empowerment --- p.33 === Chapter 4.1.4 --- Empowerment in this research --- p.34 === Chapter 4.2 --- Longwe's Empowerment Model --- p.35 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- Gender-analysis model --- p.35 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- Levels of equality in Longwe's empowerment model --- p.38 === Chapter 4.3 --- News Organisation Analysis --- p.41 === Chapter 4.3.1 --- Development of news organisation analysis --- p.42 === Chapter 4.3.2 --- Three Levels of organisation analysis --- p.43 === Chapter 5. --- RESEARCH QUESTIONS --- p.48 === Chapter 6. --- RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODOLOGY --- p.50 === Chapter 6.1 --- Methodology --- p.50 === Chapter 6.2 --- Sampling Methods --- p.50 === Chapter 6.3 --- Interviews --- p.51 === Chapter 6.4 --- Interviewees --- p.54 === Chapter 7. --- ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION I --- p.59 === Chapter 7.1 --- Fair Opportunities to Get Welfare and Benefits --- p.61 === Chapter 7.2 --- Equal Access to Training --- p.64 === Chapter 7.3 --- Contradictory Empowerment Experience in Conscientisation Process --- p.67 === Chapter 7.4 --- Limited Power in Decision-making Process --- p.79 === Chapter 7.5 --- Balance of Power Yet to Come at Control Level --- p.86 === Chapter 8. --- ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION II --- p.89 === Chapter 8.1 --- Macro-level (Social Environment) --- p.90 === Chapter 8.2 --- Meso-level (Organisation) --- p.94 === Chapter 8.2.1 --- Ecology of news industry in Hong Kong --- p.94 === Chapter 8.2.2 --- Pre-dominance of macho newsroom culture --- p.101 === Chapter 8.2.3 --- Hierarchal and patriarchal structure in newsrooms --- p.106 === Chapter 8.2.4 --- Fundamental nature of journalists' work --- p.109 === Chapter 8.2.5 --- Electronic vs. print media --- p.111 === Chapter 8.3 --- Micro-level (Individual) --- p.120 === Chapter 8.3.1 --- Perceptions towards traditional role of women --- p.120 === Chapter 8.3.2 --- Gender awareness --- p.123 === Chapter 9. --- CONCLUSION --- p.126 === Chapter 10. --- REFERENCES --- p.135 === Chapter 11. --- APPENDICES --- p.145 === Appendix 1 Manpower statistics at managerial/supervisory/production level of the journalism industry in Hong Kong from 1981 to 2001 --- p.145 === Appendix 2 Interview questions --- p.150 === Appendix 3 Chinese translation of the interview questions --- p.153