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Towards ending the silence: working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability Vickers, Margaret H. and Parris, Melissa 2004, Towards ending the silence: working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability, in ANZAM 2004 : Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 8-11 December 2004, Dunedin, New Zealand, University of Otago, [Dunedin, N.Z.]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads parris-towardending-2004.pdf Published version application/pdf 587.80KB 41 Title Towards ending the silence: working women as carers of children with chronic illness/disability Author(s) Vickers, Margaret H. Parris, Melissa Conference name Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Conference (18th : 2004 : Dunedin, N.Z.) Conference location Dunedin, New Zealand Conference dates 8-11 Dec. 2004 Title of proceedings ANZAM 2004 : Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 8-11 December 2004, Dunedin, New Zealand Editor(s) Elkin, Graham Publication date 2004 Publisher University of Otago Place of publication [Dunedin, N.Z.] Keyword(s) women self chronic lllness/disability work caregiving Summary This research presents stories from Australian women who work and care for a child with a significant chronic illness or disability. The paper considers the theory of Silencing the Self (Jack, 1991) in relation to the reported experiences and behaviours of these women. We report three themes of Caring and Working: "Otherness", "Doing it All" - but "Wanting to Live a Normal Life". As in Jack's study, these women engaged in silencing of the self. However, we also observed other people contributing to their silence and, unlike the respondents in Jack's study, many of these women fought the silence and did not accept that their unhappy situations should continue. They sought a life where silencing may not have been necessary. Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. ISBN 0476011310 9780476011311 Language eng Field of Research 150305 Human Resources Management HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2004, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30006651 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: School of Management and Marketing Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 09:59:52 EST Wed, 08 Apr 2009, 10:53:27 EST Wed, 08 Apr 2009, 10:56:10 EST Wed, 08 Apr 2009, 10:57:14 EST Wed, 08 Apr 2009, 10:58:09 EST Wed, 08 Apr 2009, 11:00:26 EST Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 10:37:32 EST Tue, 08 Jun 2010, 13:54:19 EST Fri, 01 Jul 2011, 13:22:51 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 461 Abstract Views, 41 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 31 Jul 2008, 10:46:03 EST

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