2019
DOI: 10.5209/poso.58809
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¿Se buscan cuidadores? Estrategias de contratación de hombres en trabajos remunerados de cuidados a personas adultas

Abstract: En este artículo presentaremos algunos resultados de una investigación sobre la participación de los hombres en el cuidado remunerado de personas adultas en situación de dependencia en Cataluña. En los últimos años el incremento de las necesidades de cuidados de larga duración ha dado lugar a un creciente proceso de institucionalización y de reconocimiento de estos trabajos. Se han promovido diversos servicios para hacer frente a las necesidades de cuidado prestados principalmente por organizaciones sociales y… Show more

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“…Selection processes for these jobs are brief, and the men are unclear about why the organization decided to hire them, other than that they "want to show their support for men". This perception chimes with that of the care service managers, who expressed the need to recruit men (Bodoque & Roca, 2019). The advantage of being male is complemented by a second benefit that comes with being Spanish.…”
Section: Mcs -Masculinities and Social Change 9(2) 223mentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Selection processes for these jobs are brief, and the men are unclear about why the organization decided to hire them, other than that they "want to show their support for men". This perception chimes with that of the care service managers, who expressed the need to recruit men (Bodoque & Roca, 2019). The advantage of being male is complemented by a second benefit that comes with being Spanish.…”
Section: Mcs -Masculinities and Social Change 9(2) 223mentioning
confidence: 88%
“…However, recall that the increase in the number of men looking for work in care services is due to the economic crisis and the growing offer of such jobs. That is, this increase owes more to the fact that men need to find employment than to their express interest in doing care work (Bodoque & Roca, 2019). The managers also attribute men's scant interest in care work to the precarious economic conditions attached to these jobs, explaining that the economic disadvantages deter them from considering care work as an option (Fagan & Norman, 2013).…”
Section: The Organizations' Positions On Recruiting Male Care Workersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Connell (1995) argues that the state also reinforces this organizational gendering through policies and practices which channel particular types of masculinities and femininities. Indeed, in many countries, including Spain, the development of public care service provision has relied on the private sector, which by associating care work with women, the bulk of the workforce, continues to reproduce gendered structures and consequently, perpetuate its feminization (Roca, 2018;Bodoque & Roca, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%