多謝各位同學, 如有親友, 在香港現正從事 (或曾經從事) 建築設計事業 (包括 : 已註冊建築師, 或現正受訓, 或已離開建築專業者). 在下的論文為探討該專業在香港的社會性問題, 現附上該研究簡介及 面談摘要, 希各位同學能轉介面談邀請, 不勝感激 !! Re : Invitation of In-depth interview. A phenomenology qualitative research to explore the practicing architects based in Hong Kong. The aim of study : The term of “Burnout” was first used by Graham Greene in his novel “A Burnt-out case” in 1960, in which the story of an architect was told by him who became “disappointed with his career and experienced a sense of growing loss of faith and vocation”. The loss of skilled architects to other profession is a global problem now. Depends on the survey report of recruitment (HAYS, 2013) the reports show that there is a clear shortage of architects based work in Hong Kong. Moreover, according the most updated statistics report from ARB, it’s appeared there is not significantly increase in new member of registered architects recent years. To bring up a skilled architect, there is a total of at least seven years of training. This is a long period of specialized training for the criteria of professions. If keep losing HK architects and lack of fresh blood enter to the profession, this sector will soon be in the serious shortage of precious workforce that have been invested with considerable time and resources. In long run, the Hong Kong will face the issue of sustainability of the architectural profession. The reasons of loss or shortage on architect are complex, it may include the factors of job burnout, socialization process, affectively committed component (AC), continuously committed component (CC) or normatively committed component (NC) etc. There are very few researches focusing on the area of architects’ occupations. This research aims at investigating the underlining phenomenon of HK architects and hopefully it contributes its efforts to the sector by providing insights on the issues in order to help lessening the severity of the situation. Invitation letter I am writing to invite you to participate in an interview about the practicing architects’ research in Hong Kong. Your views on the topics are important as it will help us to understand the issues. The interview will take at any place at convenient time for you and will last up to 40 minutes. The data would be treated in strict confidence and your identity and the identity of your institution would not be disclosed in the report or any publication. Names of participants will be disguised, as will names of “participants with number”. All transcripts, notes and audiotapes will be stored confidentiality. It is important to realize that I am looking for your opinion and that there are no rights or wrong answers; this study is all about your experience and perspective on this topic. The Interview guide: 1. What do you see are the role and value to be an architect in HK ? 2. What made you decide to choose this profession, what was your expectation on the profession, was it all what you expected it to be ? 3. Could you tell some key things that made you feel satisfied, proud to be an architect in HK? 4. Could you tell some key things that are most job burnout to be an architect in HK? 5. How do you see, what, if anything could be done to make your profession better? 6. If you could go back in time, would you have chosen to enter this profession? Please contact me by email : carolnghk@hotmail or mobile 5115 3366 if you would like to participate in this study. I am looking forward to hear from you so soon, thank you.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:35:12 +0000