An Exploratory Study: The Impact of the IT Entrepreneurship Training Program on Career Development Among Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong

Shiying Fang and Chi Hung Leung ()
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Shiying Fang: Department of Special Education & Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Chi Hung Leung: Department of Special Education & Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Societies, 2025, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: Hong Kong has a large population of people from ethnic minorities (EM), many of whom are unemployed or underemployed. The focus of the study was to gain insight into the internal and external challenges faced by EM in Hong Kong and examine the impact of the IT entrepreneurship training program on career development among EM in Hong Kong. The semi-structured interview was used to elicit the participants’ perspectives on challenges in career development in Hong Kong. Questionnaires measured program and non-program participants’ self-efficacy, outcome expectation, and career aspiration levels. The results showed that low levels of sociocultural adaptation, racial inequality, and lack of available resources may constitute challenges for EM in achieving career development in Hong Kong. In addition, program participants particularly reported higher levels of career aspiration. Implications for promoting Hong Kong EM’s career development and improving training programs were discussed.

Keywords: ethnic minorities; social cognitive career theory; career development; information technology; entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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