An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy

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dc.contributor.advisorSwartz, Leslieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChristian, Rucksanaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-04T08:45:58Z
dc.date.available2014-11-04T08:45:58Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 77-81.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDomestic workers (DWs) have been described in sociological literature as "trapped" workers. They have been portrayed as workers coerced into powerlessness and unassertiveness by virtue of their economic dependence on employers. Observations of DWs in clinical settings have confirmed these assertions. This study examines how eight DWs negotiate their parental authority f autonomy while having their own children living with them on their employers' premises and also having employers involved in parenting DWs' children. The results are based on semi-structured interviews with DWs. Interviews were taped, transcribed and the data analysed qualitatively. Results were discussed according to the following themes: 1. the nature of employer involvement 2. areas of employer involvement 3. areas of employer non-involvement in parenting and its relationship to the issues of power, culture and difference. Emergent themes were identified and discussed. Overall the expected finding that DWs would experience difficulties with parental autonomy was not supported. Recommendations regarding implications for treatment and research are made.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChristian, R. (1998). <i>An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9062en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChristian, Rucksana. <i>"An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9062en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChristian, R. 1998. An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Christian, Rucksana AB - Domestic workers (DWs) have been described in sociological literature as "trapped" workers. They have been portrayed as workers coerced into powerlessness and unassertiveness by virtue of their economic dependence on employers. Observations of DWs in clinical settings have confirmed these assertions. This study examines how eight DWs negotiate their parental authority f autonomy while having their own children living with them on their employers' premises and also having employers involved in parenting DWs' children. The results are based on semi-structured interviews with DWs. Interviews were taped, transcribed and the data analysed qualitatively. Results were discussed according to the following themes: 1. the nature of employer involvement 2. areas of employer involvement 3. areas of employer non-involvement in parenting and its relationship to the issues of power, culture and difference. Emergent themes were identified and discussed. Overall the expected finding that DWs would experience difficulties with parental autonomy was not supported. Recommendations regarding implications for treatment and research are made. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy TI - An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9062 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9062
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChristian R. An investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomy. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9062en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleAn investigation of domestic workers' perceptions into the effects of employer involvement on parenting and parental autonomyen_ZA
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