Promoting an expanded notion of decent work to enhance the career capabilities of young people
Organizer
Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University
Event Title
Sociology Seminar Series 2024-2025
Document Type
Public Seminar
Date
3-31-2025
Time
2:00 p.m. -- 3:30 p.m.
Venue
LYH310, 3/F, Lau Lee Yuen Haan Building, Lingnan University
Description
Young people, particularly those from impoverished backgrounds, face significant contextual challenges in their career and life development. This study, grounded in the capability approach and recognition theory, explores the expansion of decent work concepts to foster enabling working environments.
This seminar will address three key questions, supported by empirical evidence:
- What are the contextual challenges young people face in their career and life development?
- What is the concept of decent work, and why is there a need to expand its scope?
- How can recognition theory and the capability approach be integrated to inform the expansion of the decent work notion?
Finally, the seminar will discuss how a redefined notion of decent work, incorporating a recognition component, can support youth development in organizational contexts.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Su, S. (2025, Mar 31). Promoting an expanded notion of decent work to enhance the career capabilities of young people [Video podcast]. Retrieved from https://commons.ln.edu.hk/videos/982/
Additional Information
Speaker
Dr. Sabrina Su is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. With a PhD from the University of Hong Kong, she conducts mixed-method studies on youth work, career support services, organizational behavior, and workplace wellbeing among frontline workers, focusing on decent work and recognition perspectives. Her research spans workplace, family, school, and community settings. Her concepts, including collective psychological ownership (CPO), experience-driven recognition (EDR), and more enabling others (MEO), have received international recognition for promoting individual and shared agency in sustainable career and life development.