Future Directiveness within the South African Domestic Workers' Work-Life Cycle: Considering Exit Strategies.
The pervasiveness of domestic employment in the South African context gives rise to the question as to why women not only enter into, but remain in, such an undervalued work situation, and whether they are ultimately able to exit this sector. Contextualising the sectoral engagement of domestic worke...
| Publicado en: | Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=108667661&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 108667661 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14457377 781N jtl: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology issn: 14457377 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2015 vid: 15 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 108667661 10.1080/20797222.2015.1049896 ppf: 1 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1MB tig: atl: Future Directiveness within the South African Domestic Workers' Work-Life Cycle: Considering Exit Strategies. aug: au: Marais, Christel van Wyk, Christo affil: Department of Human Resource Management, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa School of Behavioural Sciences, North-West University, South Africa su: Household employees Work-life balance Human life cycle Women's employment Institutionalized persons sug: subj: Household employees Work-life balance Human life cycle Women's employment Institutionalized persons ab: The pervasiveness of domestic employment in the South African context gives rise to the question as to why women not only enter into, but remain in, such an undervalued work situation, and whether they are ultimately able to exit this sector. Contextualising the sectoral engagement of domestic workers as a transitional work-life cycle characterised by impoverishment, limited alternatives, acceptance of the work context, and future directedness, with individual transition through these phases determined by a unique set of circumstances, female domestic workers' lived experience of their work-life cycle was explored within the framework of an interpretivist research design. Non-probability respondent-driven self-sampling was employed to select 20 participants, most of whom were representative of families with a long history of sectoral involvement, particularly along the female line. Dense, non-numerical data was generated through in-depth interviewing. Inductive data explication was conducted with the aid of MAXQDA. The findings confirmed the existence of an institutionalised culture of engagement within the sector perpetuated from one generation to the next. Hardship and an urgent need for survival leave many with little option but to enter and remain within the sector. Despite negative societal perceptions of the sector, those within it take pride in their work and view their engagement as an enabling tool to better their future prospects and those of their families. Attempts to exit the sector are unsuccessful due, in part, to a limited formal education and skills repertoire. Domestic workers are thus entrapped within a never-ending cycle of sectoral engagement, with the possibility of exiting the sector remaining merely a dream for many. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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