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A Very Private Business
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Abstract This article considers whether there is a specific demand for migrant domestic workers in the UK, or for workers with particular characteristics that in theory could be met by citizens. It discusses how immigration status can make it easier not only to recruit domestic workers, but also to retain th... mehr
This article considers whether there is a specific demand for migrant domestic workers in the UK, or for workers with particular characteristics that in theory could be met by citizens. It discusses how immigration status can make it easier not only to recruit domestic workers, but also to retain them. `Foreignness' may also make the management of the employment relation easier with employers anxious to discover a coincidence of interest with the worker. Employers are not only looking for generic `foreignness' however, but typically also seek particular nationalities or ethnicities of worker, which can raise difficulties for agencies who are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of `race'.... weniger
Klassifikation
Migration
Arbeitsmarktforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
au pairs; demand; domestic workers; employers; immigration; market; race;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2007
Seitenangabe
S. 247-264
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Women's Studies, 14 (2007) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807079013
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)