The work organisation in Australian daycare centres : professionalism or exploitation?

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    ![CDATA[This chapters analyses the work organisation found in daycare centres in Australia and examines reasons why industry stakeholders are able to extract more effort from children's services practitioners. The additional demands placed on workers would be expected to generate considerable resistence from staff. However, as the examples of accreditation and the end of operational subsidies to non-profit (long) daycare centres illustrate, practitioners accept these burdens in their stride. This, it is argued, is due to two factors: the lack of workplace 'struggle' over interests, motivation and control and the separation of professional and industrial issues in the minds of staff. In that context it becomes difficult to discern which aspects of the work are 'exploitation' of staff by management and other industry stakeholders from the aspects of the work which practitioners themselves consider to be a demonstration of 'professionalism'.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMoving Beyond Managerialism in Human Services,
    EditorsLinda Briskman, Michael Muetzelfeldt
    Place of PublicationMelbourne, Vic
    PublisherRMIT Pub.
    Pages1 - 14
    Number of pages14
    ISBN (Print)0864592981
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

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