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Domestic Work, Paid

By: Anju Mary Paul
In: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Vicki Smith
Subject:Organizational Psychology, Sociology of Work (general), Organizational Theory
Keywords:domestic labor; domestic staff; domestic work; employers; migrants; paid domestic work; workers

For centuries, well-to-do families have employed workers to carry out routine household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, child care, eldercare, and gardening. Paid domestic work traces its antecedents to the institutions of slavery and serfdom in premodern times. As these ...

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  Paul, A. M. (2013). Domestic work, paid. In V. Smith (Ed.), Sociology of work: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 193-195). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n74
  
  Paul, Anju M. "Domestic Work, Paid." In Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, edited by Smith, Vicki, 193-95. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n74.
  
  Paul, A. M. 2013. Domestic Work, Paid. In: Vicki Smith Editor, 2013. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 193-195 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n74> [Accessed 18 Aug 2022].
  
  Paul, Anju M. "Domestic Work, Paid." Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vicki Smith. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013, pp. 193-95. SAGE Knowledge. 18 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n74.
  
  Paul, Anju M. (2013). Domestic work, paid In: Smith, Vicki (Ed.),Domestic work, paid Sociology of work: An encyclopedia Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2013:193-195. doi:10.4135/9781452276199.n74
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