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The Ambivalent Role of Home Care Associations in the Professionalization of Occupations and Employees

Pages 37 to 50

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  • Puissant, E.
(2011). The Ambivalent Role of Home Care Associations in the Professionalization of Occupations and Employees. Formation emploi, No 115(3), 37-50. https://doi.org/10.4000/formationemploi.3431.

  • Puissant, Emmanuelle.
« The Ambivalent Role of Home Care Associations in the Professionalization of Occupations and Employees ». Formation emploi, 2011/3 No 115, 2011. p.37-50. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-formation-emploi-2011-3-page-37?lang=en.

  • PUISSANT, Emmanuelle,
2011. The Ambivalent Role of Home Care Associations in the Professionalization of Occupations and Employees. Formation emploi, 2011/3 No 115, p.37-50. DOI : 10.4000/formationemploi.3431. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-formation-emploi-2011-3-page-37?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.4000/formationemploi.3431


English

Since the seventies, home care associations have experienced a large-scale professionalization. However, their current role is ambivalent: on the one hand, they still organize domestic work, but on the other hand, as a collective organization, they organize collective work, which seems to be a central condition to home caregivers’ effective professionalization.

Keywords

  • service to private individuals
  • home help
  • professionalisation
  • professional knowledge

Publisher keywords: home help, professional knowledge, professionalisation, service to private individuals


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