Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel

While most academic research on care work shows that it struggles to be socially and economically recognized, home help organizations for the elderly seem, on the contrary, to be appropriating the notion of care in their practice and communications. This is embodied in the benevolent attitude of at-...

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Main Author: Bastien Pereira Besteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST) 2024-06-01
Series:Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/7838
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description While most academic research on care work shows that it struggles to be socially and economically recognized, home help organizations for the elderly seem, on the contrary, to be appropriating the notion of care in their practice and communications. This is embodied in the benevolent attitude of at-home caregivers, which corresponds to the expectations of the hierarchy and public regarding their occupational know-how. But instead of contributing to the recognition of the richness of the emotional labour of caregivers, the constraint to show exclusively positive emotions impoverishes their work. The requirement to always be happy demands that caregivers hide their emotions and makes it difficult to set boundaries.
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Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel
Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé
emotional labour
care
home care
compassion
personal care services
title Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel
title_full Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel
title_fullStr Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel
title_full_unstemmed Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel
title_short Quand l’injonction à la sollicitude appauvrit le travail émotionnel
title_sort quand l injonction a la sollicitude appauvrit le travail emotionnel
topic emotional labour
care
home care
compassion
personal care services
url https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/7838
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