Good jobs, hard work ? The paradoxical position of nurse assistant and housekeepers in French hospitals

Philippe Méhaut (), Anne-Marie Arborio (), Jacques Bouteiller (), Lise Causse and Philippe Mossé ()
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Philippe Méhaut: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Anne-Marie Arborio: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jacques Bouteiller: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Lise Causse: CEREQ - Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications - ministère de l'Emploi, cohésion sociale et logement - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
Philippe Mossé: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The first section presents the hospital industry and its evolutions. The second section focuses on work organization and the categories of cleaning and basic nursing. A third section deals with the job skills and work characteristics of these categories through a double perspective of considering labor market institutions and hospital policies.

Keywords: Work organisation; Hospital; Labour market; Low wage work; Wage; Nurse assistant; Housekeeper; Aide-soignant; Métier de la santé; Emploi peu qualifié; Bas salaire; Organisation du travail; Politique hospitalière; Marché du travail; Hôpital; France; ASH; Agent de service peu qualifié (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-10-07
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