RT journal article
T1 The Spanish home care workers between job vulnerability and happiness in times of crisis
A1 Minguela Recover, María de los Ángeles
A1 López Fernández, Consuelo
A1 López Sánchez, José Antonio
A1 Picardo García, Juan Manuel
A2 Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 Gender
K1 Happiness
K1 Elderly people
K1 Dependent people
K1 Home care worker
K1 Occupational vulnerability
AB 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.
PB EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
SN 1472-0701
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26577
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26577
LA eng
NO This work has been co-financed by the European Union under the 2014-2020 ERDF Operational Programme and by the Department of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge, and Universities of the Regional Government of Andalusia. Project reference : FEDER-UCA18-105828.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026