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ELDER CAREGIVING: THE IMPACT ON PAID JOB PERFORMANCE

Singleton, Judy Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990709904

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2001, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Sociology.
This research looks at elder caregiving and job performance outcomes. Specifically, this research investigates the relationship between the type, frequency, and duration of eldercare provided and job performance outcomes, how care for elders affects employment behaviors (e.g., absenteeism), and employer responses to the problems of employees who provide eldercare. Relatedly, stress, specific job traits, and both formal and informal support systems available to the caregiver are analyzed as variables associated with job performance of eldercare providing employees. Differences between women and men eldercare providers also are analyzed. Finally, this research looks at the influence of company-sponsored benefits on work satisfaction and organizational commitment. A cluster sampling of five companies of varying sizes in three different industries was used in this research. The total sample was 646 employees in the Greater Cincinnati area, with 280 of those being eldercare providers. A series of hierarchical regression analyses were run to investigate the impact of specific variables on job performance of eldercare providers. In terms of explaining the job performance of eldercare providers, the type of care provided was the most significant variable. Specifically, providing non-hands type of care (e.g., cooking, mowing the lawn) was the most significant factor. Neither frequency nor duration of care provision were found to have significant explanatory power for job performance. Additionally, some measures of stress and having job flexibility and formal supports were significant factors in explaining job performance of eldercare providers; by contrast work autonomy and informal supports were not. No statistically significant differences were found in job performance between female and male eldercare providers although there were some differences in the type of care provided. With the limited analyses available, no significant differences were found in job performance indicators between eldercare and non-eldercare providing employees. However, significance is approached when job performance of non-caregiving employees is compared with that of employees who are both an elder- and child-care provider. Having company-sponsored benefits was not statistically significant for the work satisfaction of non-eldercare providing employees but they were for eldercare providing employees. Availability of benefits was statistically significant for all employees regarding organizational commitment.
Paula Dubeck (Advisor)
ELDERCARE; FAMILY CAREGIVING; WORK AND FAMILY

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  • Singleton, J. L. (2001). ELDER CAREGIVING: THE IMPACT ON PAID JOB PERFORMANCE [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990709904

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Singleton, Judy. ELDER CAREGIVING: THE IMPACT ON PAID JOB PERFORMANCE. 2001. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990709904.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Singleton, Judy. "ELDER CAREGIVING: THE IMPACT ON PAID JOB PERFORMANCE." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990709904

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