Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities
The purpose of the present qualitative research work was to investigate the perceptions of minority students about job availing opportunities and difficulties faced by them at workplaces and in accessing social facilities. A sample size of 20 respondents comprising Christians, Ahmad is, Hindus and Sikhs were interviewed. After thematic analysis, the findings revealed that people in this society socially exclude religious minorities from the mainstream of society only because of their religion. Minorities do not have equal employment opportunities. People avoid interacting with religious minorities because they were regarded as untouchable. The government places the least importance on ensuring the safety of religious minorities. At the end the of research, it was suggested that little exposure has been witnessed in terms of academic research on the perspectives of minorities, especially the students. that is why wider academic research should be carried out at the university level.
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Minority Students, Job Opportunities, Perceptions, Workplace, Religious Minorities
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(1) Sarfraz Ali
MPhil (ELM) Scholar, The Superior College Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Zobia Kanwal
Lecturer Education, The Superior College Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Mukhtyar
Lecturer Physics, Divisional Public School, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ali, S., Kanwal, Z., & Mukhtyar, M. (2022). Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities. Global Regional Review, VII(II), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).28
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CHICAGO : Ali, Sarfraz, Zobia Kanwal, and Muhammad Mukhtyar. 2022. "Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities." Global Regional Review, VII (II): 291-302 doi: 10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).28
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HARVARD : ALI, S., KANWAL, Z. & MUKHTYAR, M. 2022. Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities. Global Regional Review, VII, 291-302.
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MHRA : Ali, Sarfraz, Zobia Kanwal, and Muhammad Mukhtyar. 2022. "Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities." Global Regional Review, VII: 291-302
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MLA : Ali, Sarfraz, Zobia Kanwal, and Muhammad Mukhtyar. "Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities." Global Regional Review, VII.II (2022): 291-302 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Sarfraz, Kanwal, Zobia, and Mukhtyar, Muhammad (2022), "Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities", Global Regional Review, VII (II), 291-302
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TURABIAN : Ali, Sarfraz, Zobia Kanwal, and Muhammad Mukhtyar. "Perceptions of Minority Students Regarding Job Opportunities." Global Regional Review VII, no. II (2022): 291-302. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).28