Hebson, Gail; Rubery, Jill; Grimshaw, Damian - In: Work, Employment & Society 29 (2015) 2, pp. 314-330
Studies of care workers frequently reveal relatively high levels of job satisfaction despite poor employment conditions. The rewarding nature of care work, altruistic motivations and gendered social norms have all been used to explain why subjective job satisfaction is high despite poor pay and...