Speaking up, leaving or keeping silent: racialized employees in the Swedish elderly care sector
| Autor: | Alireza Behtoui, Anders Neergaard, Kristina Boréus, Soheyla Yazdanpanah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science International Migration and Ethnic Relations business.industry 05 social sciences 050209 industrial relations Elderly care Public relations Silence Accounting 0502 economics and business Internationell Migration och Etniska Relationer (IMER) Survey data collection Sociology business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Work, Employment and Society. 31:954-971 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8722 0950-0170 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0950017016667042 |
| Popis: | When encountering problems and dissatisfaction in the workplace, employees may choose between three strategies: voice; exit; or silence. Using survey data and interview material from a study of employees in an elderly care organization in Sweden, this article investigates the workers’ perceptions of the eligibility and prospects of these strategies and which individual characteristics and situational factors might affect them. The focus is on racialized workers (operationalized through their region of birth) who, according to earlier studies, are less likely than other employees to choose voice behaviour. Contrary to some earlier studies, the results here attribute such a propensity to the importance of power differences across ‘racial hierarchies’ rather than to differences in cultural values. Individuals in this (racialized) category have a lower occupational status, earn less and experience less favourable relationships with their managers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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