TY - JOUR
T1 - Respectability and the paid caring occupations: an empirical investigation of normality, morality, impression management, esteem in nursing and social work
AU - Huppatz, Kate
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Feminised caring occupations like nursing and social work are popularly considered to be respectable occupations for women. This objective of this paper is to investigate the role of respectability in paid caring work by women within nursing and social work. This paper draws on Ball's conceptualisation of respectability as a heuristic device in the analyses of 3 9 in-depth interviews with women who work and study in nursing and social work. The paper finds that normality, morality, impression management and esteem are central to the operation if respectability in the paid caring occupations and concludes with recommendations for rethinking the relationship between respectability and these occupations.
AB - Feminised caring occupations like nursing and social work are popularly considered to be respectable occupations for women. This objective of this paper is to investigate the role of respectability in paid caring work by women within nursing and social work. This paper draws on Ball's conceptualisation of respectability as a heuristic device in the analyses of 3 9 in-depth interviews with women who work and study in nursing and social work. The paper finds that normality, morality, impression management and esteem are central to the operation if respectability in the paid caring occupations and concludes with recommendations for rethinking the relationship between respectability and these occupations.
KW - nursing
KW - social work
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/505226
UR - http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=201007669;res=APAFT
M3 - Article
SN - 1446-1242
VL - 19
SP - 73
EP - 85
JO - Health Sociology Review : the Journal of the Health Section of the Australian Sociological Association.
JF - Health Sociology Review : the Journal of the Health Section of the Australian Sociological Association.
IS - 1
ER -