Nurses, nannies and caring work: importation, visibility and marketability.
This paper examines nurses' international migration within the broader context of female migration, particularly against more studied groups of women who have migrated for employment in care-giving roles. We analyze the similarities and differences between skilled professional female migrants (nurses) and domestic workers (nannies and in-home caretakers) and how societal expectations, meanings, and values of care and 'women's work', together with myriad social, cultural, economic and political processes, construct the female migrant care-giver experience. We argue that, as the recruitment of foreign workers gains visibility, strategies are introduced to better prepare female migrant care-givers for the marketplace. Language, specifically command of English and accent modification, is highlighted as one means to assimilate migrant care-givers to host communities.
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Barbara L
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University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. brushb@umich.edu
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D000069:Acculturation; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004645:Empathy; D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019303:Multilingualism; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011209:Power, Psychological; D044469:Racial Groups; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce