Towards ending the silence : working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability

Margaret H. (Margaret Heather) Vickers; Melissa A. Parris; Graham Elkin

Towards ending the silence : working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability

Margaret H. (Margaret Heather) Vickers
, Melissa A. Parris
, Graham Elkin

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

Abstract

This research presents stories from Australian women who work and care for a child with a significant chronic illness or disability. The paper considers the theory of Silencing the Self (Jack, 1991) in relation to the reported experiences and behaviours of these women. We report three themes of Caring and Working: "Otherness", "Doing it All" - but "Wanting to Live a Normal Life". As in Jack's study, these women engaged in silencing of the self. However, we also observed other people contributing to their silence and, unlike the respondents in Jack's study, many of these women fought the silence and did not accept that their unhappy situations should continue. They sought a life where silencing may not have been necessary.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management : ANZAM 2004, 8-11 December, 2004, held in Dunedin, New Zealand
Publisher	University of Otago
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	0476011310
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2006 → …

Conference

Conference	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Period	1/01/06 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

women
employment
Australia
parents of chronically ill children
caregivers
work and family

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Vickers, MH, Parris, MA & Elkin, G 2004, Towards ending the silence : working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability. in Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management : ANZAM 2004, 8-11 December, 2004, held in Dunedin, New Zealand. University of Otago, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 1/01/06.

Towards ending the silence : working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability. / Vickers, Margaret H. (Margaret Heather); Parris, Melissa A.; Elkin, Graham.
Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management : ANZAM 2004, 8-11 December, 2004, held in Dunedin, New Zealand. University of Otago, 2004.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

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Towards ending the silence : working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability

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