dc.contributor.author | Bjerregaard, Kirstien | |
dc.contributor.author | Haslam, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | Morton, TA | |
dc.contributor.author | Ryan, Michelle K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-11T10:55:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | A growing body of research in the field of health and social care indicates that the quality of the relationship between the person giving care and the person receiving it contributes significantly to the motivation and wellbeing of both. This paper examines how care workers’ motivation is shaped by their social and relational identification at work. Survey findings at two time points (T1, N = 643; T2, N = 1274) show that care workers’ motivation increases to the extent that incentives, the working context (of residential vs. domiciliary care), and the professionalization process (of acquiring vs. not acquiring a qualification) serve to build and maintain meaningful identities within the organization. In this context care workers attach greatest importance to their relational identity with clients and the more they perceive this as congruent with their organizational identity the more motivated they are. Implications are discussed with regard to the need to develop and sustain a professional and compassionate workforce that is able to meet the needs of an ageing society. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Australian Research Council | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | 2015, Vol 6., Article no 01460 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01460 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | FL110100199 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18211 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Frontiers | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01460/abstract | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2015 Bjerregaard, Haslam, Morton and Ryan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution and reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms | en_GB |
dc.subject | care work | en_GB |
dc.subject | motivation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Social Identification | en_GB |
dc.subject | Self-categorization | en_GB |
dc.subject | Organizational identity | en_GB |
dc.title | Social and relational identification as determinants of care workers’ motivation and wellbeing | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-11T10:55:44Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-1078 | |
dc.description | Accepted | en_GB |
dc.description | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Frontiers in Psychology | en_GB |