Foreign-born women frequently find their first job in the domestic sector. This is usually considered a stepping-stone, but it is rather a definitive condition. We analyse the working trajectory of foreign-born women with a first job in domestic work using sequence analysis and studying their association with job satisfaction by means of logistic regression models. The data were collected as part of the Foreigners’ Job Trajectories project conducted by the ISMU Foundation in Italy in 2009. We found that, after all, domestic and care workers can be satisfied with their job if basic decent working conditions are guaranteed. Particular attention is paid to the high rate of job satisfaction for women with a trajectory from live-out to live-in jobs. Possible explications for job satisfaction are extensively discussed focusing on economic drivers, the agency of domestic workers, and the emotive dimension of domestic and care works.

Barbiano di Belgiojoso, E., Ortensi, L. (2019). Satisfied after all? Working trajectories and job satisfaction of foreign-born female domestic and care workers in Italy. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES, 45(13), 2527-2550 [10.1080/1369183X.2018.1465401].

Satisfied after all? Working trajectories and job satisfaction of foreign-born female domestic and care workers in Italy

Barbiano di Belgiojoso, E
;
Ortensi, LE
2019

Abstract

Foreign-born women frequently find their first job in the domestic sector. This is usually considered a stepping-stone, but it is rather a definitive condition. We analyse the working trajectory of foreign-born women with a first job in domestic work using sequence analysis and studying their association with job satisfaction by means of logistic regression models. The data were collected as part of the Foreigners’ Job Trajectories project conducted by the ISMU Foundation in Italy in 2009. We found that, after all, domestic and care workers can be satisfied with their job if basic decent working conditions are guaranteed. Particular attention is paid to the high rate of job satisfaction for women with a trajectory from live-out to live-in jobs. Possible explications for job satisfaction are extensively discussed focusing on economic drivers, the agency of domestic workers, and the emotive dimension of domestic and care works.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
care work; domestic work; foreign-born women; Job satisfaction; working trajectories;
Job satisfaction; working trajectories; foreign-born women; domestic work; care work
English
2019
45
13
2527
2550
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Barbiano di Belgiojoso, E., Ortensi, L. (2019). Satisfied after all? Working trajectories and job satisfaction of foreign-born female domestic and care workers in Italy. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES, 45(13), 2527-2550 [10.1080/1369183X.2018.1465401].
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