Caring and connectedness in the context of domestic worker employment in South Africa

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ID15345826
AuthorsChristel Marais (0000-0003-1994-7918, Vaal University of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume26
Issue3
Pages237-245
Publication date2016-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychology in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1433-0237 • E-ISSN: 1815-5626
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14330237.2016.1185903
OpenAlexW2544761541
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited60

This study investigated workplace relational connectedness qualities in terms of domestic worker employment in a South African setting. Twenty black female domestic workers were recruited through purposive respondent-driven self-sampling. Participants ranged in age from 27 to 59 years. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to generate the data. An interpretative phenomenological approach was used to foreground the thematic data analysis. Caring and connectedness emerged as the main theme that characterised participants’ positive employment relationships. Identified sub-themes related to participants’ experience of their employment context, work engagement and treatment, psychosocial well-being and communication. The findings are consistent with the broaden-and-build theory which proposes a positive behavioural cycle which results from reciprocal actions

Context (archaeology · Geography · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Nonprobability sampling · Political science · Population · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Respondent · Social connectedness · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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