Emotional labour and solving social work problems
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Studsrød, I. (2013) Emotional labour and solving social work problems. Journal of comparative social work, 13(1), pp. 1-5Sammendrag
Keywords supplied to the papers in this issue of Journal of Comparative Social Work
are argumentation, critical reflection, professional boundary, democratic
professionalism, etc. For me, all of these words connote intellectual and rational
social work activities or practices. Thus, intellectual thinking and rationalization seem
highly pertinent to social work research, as well as professional learning and
practices around the world.
Nevertheless, when reading through the papers in this issue, I also observed several
passages connoting quite different issues, e.g. in the following: “I am a passionate,
sensitive, emotional social worker...” (in Liza Manolis’ contribution),“Amina’s words
rendered me powerless and I was afraid of the consequences...” (in Vyda Mamley
Hervie’s essay), “Important social work concepts such as …empowerment, diversity,
self-respect…” ( in Rolv Lyngstad’s article) and “…both of the authors experienced a
feeling of loss owing to their attachment to the participants” (in Susanna Rautio’s and
Kati Hämäläinen’s contribution). Passionate, sensitive, emotional, powerlessness,
fear, empowered, self-respect, feeling of loss, etc. are all labels signifying feelings or
emotions among social workers, social work researchers or social work users.
Hence, these articles, although some more implicitly, also cover a different matter of
the characteristics of social work, i.e. what could be called emotional work or
emotional labour (Hochschild, 2003).
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