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Research in the commodeification and formalization of care and the transformation of gender identity

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16310169
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Gender
Research InstitutionTokyo Gakugei University

Principal Investigator

MATSUKAWA Seiichi  Tokyo Gakugei University, Dept. of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (20296239)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAZAWA Sumiko  Tokyo Women's Christian University, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 文理学部, 教授 (00106296)
KUBA Yoshiko  Ryukoku University, Dept. of Education, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (50014808)
SHIMIZU Hiroyuki  Tokyo Gakugei University, Dept. of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (50282786)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
KeywordsCare Work / Care Labor / Gender / Commodification / Emotional Labor / Grouphome / Stress / Marketization / ケア / ジェンダー・アイデンティティ
Research Abstract

The so-called Reform of Fundamental Structure in Social Welfare introduced the quasi-market mechanism into the Japanese social policy arena. In particular, the commodification of care took place in the field of elderly care at a large scale under the operation of long-term care insurance. The present study conducted a nation-wide mail survey to care workers employed in grouphomes, which is regarded as a core facility in local social welfare system. The survey focused mainly on mental stress, emotional work, organizational commitment, career commitment, job satisfaction, gender image, subjective assessment to managerial staffs and so forth. The return rate is at 26.8%. Analyzing these items with such attributes of the establishments as legal status and the scale of an organization, the research observed how the commodification and formalization of care services relates to the psychological condition of care workers.
The long-term care insurance has a relatively loose regulation to servic … More e providers and it realizes the plurality of care providers. The result of this survey shows the following distribution in legal status: 23% of social welfare corporation, 22% of medical corporation, 8% of non-profit corporation, 20% of joint-stock corporation, and 24% of limited liability corporation.
The research conducted ANOVA on the score of burnout scale, which is a substitute variable of mental stress, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and career commitment respectively. The results explored the significant difference of average scores among the legal status of the establishments. Multiple comparison procedure resulted in the fairly good performance of NPOs and the poor performance of medical corporations, which suggested that a simple hypothesis of for-profit vs. non-profit is not effective.
There was no relationship between the quantity of emotional work which care workers perform in their work place and the qualification as a professional care worker, which suggests that the skills associated with emotional work have not been recognized yet as a professional requirement. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2007 2006 2005

All Journal Article (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] ケアサービスの準市場化はケアワーカーに何をもたらしたのか : グループホーム職員の心理的ストレス、職務満足、コミットメント2007

    • Author(s)
      松川誠一, 久場嬉子, 清水洋行, 藤原千沙, 矢澤澄子, 吉村治正
    • Journal Title

      フェミニスト経済学日本フォーラム2007年度大会研究報告予稿集

      Pages: 6-15

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] What does the quasi-marketization of care service bring to careworkers : Mental stress, job satisfaction and commitment of employees working in grouphomes2007

    • Author(s)
      Seiichi Matsukawa, Yoshiko Kuba, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Chisa Fujiwara, Sumiko Yazawa, Harumasa Yoshimura
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Feminist Economics

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 都市の親密圏/公共圏とケアの危機2006

    • Author(s)
      矢澤 澄子
    • Journal Title

      越境する都市とガバナンス(似田貝香門・矢澤澄子・吉原直樹編)(法政大学出版局)

      Pages: 141-168

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 介護サービスの商品化とホームヘルプ職の労働過程2005

    • Author(s)
      松川誠一
    • Journal Title

      東京学芸大学紀要 第3部門 社会科学 56

      Pages: 139-153

    • NAID

      110001138242

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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