SOC352H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Care Work, Viviana Zelizer, Motivation
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Scholarship on carework researchers tend to specialize in analysis of either unpaid care provided within families or paid care provided through wage employment. Quantitative studies -> lump care work in with other low-wage jobs, understates the significant impact of intrinsic motivation and the importance of personal attachment. Qualitative studies -> seldom explain the links between the distinctive nature of care and measurable outcomes such as pay, working conditions, and care outcomes. Emotional attachments often plays a crucial role in the development of concern for the well- being of care recipients. There is a unified focus on the provision of care for children, individuals with disabilities, and the frail elderly. Empirical assessments of adult need for nonmedical care are based on the difficulty that i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals ha(cid:448)e pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:448)a(cid:396)ious a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s defi(cid:374)ed as (cid:862)a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities of dail(cid:455) li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) Assessments of care needs should be extended and improved to encompass care children as well as adults.
