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February 20, 2026Work Organisation Labour & GlobalisationOpen Access

Between domestic and professional: Ambiguities of the migrant carer position in the private household

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MŠMarija Šarić

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This article examines the complexities of paid care work in private households, highlighting power dynamics and gendered labor implications.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore the ambiguities surrounding the roles of migrant carers in private households and their implications for gendered labor relations.
  • Conducted eleven narrative interviews with circular migrant carers from Croatia.
  • Analyzed the blurred lines between domestic and professional care relationships.
  • Investigated the dynamics of triangular employment relationships involving carers, receivers, and intermediary agencies.
  • Migrant carers experience conflicting demands from care recipients and their families.
  • Indeterminacy in labor is used to exploit gendered domestic work roles.
  • The findings highlight how these dynamics perpetuate broader social and market inequalities.

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Marija Šarić (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6997fa90ad1d9b11b3453dfdhttps://doi.org/10.13169/workorgalaboglob.20.1.0008
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