Abstract
Research on mothers’ efforts to protect their families from scarcity tends to separate individual action and the organizational context. We propose an intergenerational approach focusing on the convergence between the two, and ask: how are resources, acquired by motherwork vis-à-vis organizations, transferred to daughters to advance their occupational development? Based on 30 interviews with economically marginalized mother-young adult daughter dyads, the findings reveal an intergenerational brokerage of organizational ties, creating a resource for the occupational development of young women. We argue that in the context of poverty, organizational ties are crucial for mothers striving to support their daughters’ occupational development.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 759-779 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Sociological Quarterly |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 8 Sep 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 Midwest Sociological Society.
Funding
This work was supported by the Israel National Insurance Institute; The Center for Resrearch on Jewish Women at Bar-Ilan university; Naamat - Working Women’s Movement; Israel ministry of welfare and social services - Yated Program.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Center for Resrearch on Jewish Women at Bar-Ilan university | |
| Israel ministry of welfare and social services | |
| Israel National Insurance Institute |
Keywords
- Intergenerational brokerage
- mother-daughter relations
- organisational ties
- poverty/welfare
- young women