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The effect of job characteristics on the experience of combining work and care Why talk about work and care? Prevalence of informal caring Many employees provide unpaid caring outside of their work Most employees will take on a care
– Many employees provide unpaid caring outside of their work – Most employees will take on a care role during their career
– Is caring the next big social change for organisations to respond to?
– Financial security – Improved well-being via a break from caring (or work) – Skills developed in one role can be used in the other – Social relationships
– Conflict between work and caring might be reduced by adjusting how
– i) Location: Where job tasks are performed – ii) Timing: When job tasks are performed – iii) Hours: How much (time) is spent on job tasks – iv) Approach: How job tasks are performed
– Job autonomy refers to how much freedom employees have while
– In some organisations, autonomy may mean employees are allowed
– Higher levels of autonomy tend to increase employee job satisfaction.
– Carers NSW 2018 survey collects information about carers in NSW – Survey developed in consultation with expert reference committee – Topics selected based on:
– i) was a current unpaid carer – ii) currently in a paid job (but not self-employed or an independent contractor) – iii) NSW resident
– 298 employees with unpaid caring responsibilities
– A mean age of 51 years – 93% female – Provide an average of 59 hours of care per week. – Worked 28 hours per week on average in the health care (24%), government
Health care; Reading or writing tasks; Transport; Household cores; Property maintenance; Meal preparation; Other (please specify).
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daily tasks, or working overtime.
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