The Spanish home care workers between job vulnerability and happiness in times of crisis

Purpose This study aims to analyze the well-being experience of home care workers regardless of the service management model. It also aims to analyze their emotional experiences of their activity and working conditions. Design/methodology/approach This study, using a mixed qualitative and quantitati...

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Published inCorporate governance (Bradford) Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 618 - 630
Main Authors Minguela-Recover, Mª Ángeles, López-Fernández, Consuelo, López-Sánchez, José Antonio, Picardo-García, Juan Manuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 04.05.2022
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Caregivers
Coronaviruses
Corporate governance
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Emotions
Happiness
International business
Long term health care
Mortality
Organizational change
Pandemics
Population
Professional relationships
Professionals
Workers
Working conditions
Spain
Elderly people
Home care worker
Happiness
Gender
Occupational vulnerability
Dependent people
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Summary:Purpose This study aims to analyze the well-being experience of home care workers regardless of the service management model. It also aims to analyze their emotional experiences of their activity and working conditions. Design/methodology/approach This study, using a mixed qualitative and quantitative analysis, allows a combined analysis for a better understanding of the well-being experience of home care workers. Findings Home care workers experience intrinsic job satisfaction and demonstrate this with positive emotions regardless of their work situation. Practical implications Caring for the carer should be a business value. Measures oriented toward workers’ comfort generate greater happiness and commitment, which is automatically transferred to the quality of the care provided and reduces the psychosocial risks of their professional activity. Social implications Visualizing the social reality of an essential profession through research generates verifiable evidence that will help to improve the working conditions of home care workers in Spain. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this pioneering study in Spain introduces a greater understanding of how home care workers in Spain experience their work reality.
ISSN:1472-0701
1758-6054
DOI:10.1108/CG-11-2021-0433