Perspectives on American Kinship in the Later 1990s

Johnson, Colleen L.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00623.x

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“…The consequent task, often undertaken by women, of organizing communication in extended families is also facilitated by the success of the firm (de Lima, 2000;Johnson, 2000;Ram & Holliday, 1993).…”

Section: The Profits Of Kinshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Help One Another, Use One Another: Toward an Anthropology of Family Business

Stewart

2003

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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Anthropological kinship theory is explored for potential contributions to a theory of family business. This paper considers the costs and benefits of a role for kinship in business. Both derive from the discrepancy between the normative orders of kinship and markets; respectively, long-term generalized reciprocity and short-term balanced reciprocity. Because the former reflects the morality of society as a whole, kinship integrates social fields more readily than more specialized orders like markets.

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Section: The Profits Of Kinshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Help One Another, Use One Another: Toward an Anthropology of Family Business

Stewart

2003

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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“…Contact between grandparents and young grandchildren is typically mediated through the adult-child parent (Connidis, 2001;Johnson, 2000). As grandparents age, so will their grandchildren, thus, influencing the context of the relationship between these two generations (Connidis, 2001 (Baltes & Smith, 1999).…”

Section: Grandparent Rolesmentioning

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Grandchildren's Perceptions of Caring for Grandparents

Fruhauf

Jarrott²,

Allen

2006

Journal of Family Issues

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Throughout the life course, all family members can expect to find themselves in some type of caregiving role. Individuals may find themselves providing care for a child or for an older family member who needs assistance. With the increase in life expectancy and the shrinking family size, individuals may find themselves spending time providing care to older family members. Despite the fact that caregiving related issues are well researched in the field of gerontology, the developmental experiences of grandchildren caregivers and the meanings of their caregiving experiences have not been explored in previous empirical work.Influenced by symbolic interactionism theory and the life course and life-span perspectives, the research questions that guide this study are: What is the nature of caregiving from the perspectives of grandchildren in the grandparent-grandchild relationship? What meanings do grandchildren give to the caregiving role? A qualitative study was conducted to examine the experiences of adult grandchildren (21-29 years old) who were currently providing some type of care-related activity for at least one grandparent. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews, lasting 30-80 minutes, with 17 grandchildren caregivers were conducted one time to examine the participants' caregiving experience. All interviews were completed at a location of the participants' choice. Interviews were tape-recorded and tapes were transcribed verbatim to aid in data analysis. Grandchildren caregivers' experiences illustrate variation with the reasons for providing care and the amount of time engaged in care related activities. Grandchildren were assisting with instrumental activities of daily living and activities of daily living.Reasons for providing care included grandparents' chronic illness or gradual aging, a crisis or event that left grandparents needing assistance, and because they had been providing care since they were young children. The amount of time grandchildren engaged in care related activities ranged from daily to several hours a week during summer and winter breaks. Grandchildren caregivers reported that family values, making iii grandparents happy, and preparing for the future were how they made sense of their role.Grandchildren experienced benefits and drawbacks from assisting grandparents and discussed how parents served as mediators and distracters to their caregiving role.Grandchildren caregivers exhibited the ability to adapt to caregiving situations and develop coping mechanisms that allowed them to be successful caregivers. Service professionals may want to include grandchildren caregivers in established support groups, caregiver programs, and enhance caregiver resources to support the generational needs of grandchildren caregivers in their 20s.iv To my grandparents, with love

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“…Hiermee wil ik benadrukken dat de aandacht dient uit te gaan naar een brede kring van relaties, niet alleen die tussen partners en tussen ouders en thuiswonende kinderen, maar ook tussen familieleden die niet tot hetzelfde huishouden behoren (zoals volwassen broers en zusters, volwassen kinderen en hun ouders, grootouders en kleinkinderen, de schoonfamilie). Recentelijk hebben Amerikaanse (Johnson, 2000) en Britse (Budgeon en Roseneil, 2004) onderzoekers een vergelijkbaar pleidooi gehouden.…”

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Engbersen¹,

Haan²

2007

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Perspectives on American Kinship in the Later 1990s

Cited by 102 publications

References 82 publications

Help One Another, Use One Another: Toward an Anthropology of Family Business

Help One Another, Use One Another: Toward an Anthropology of Family Business

Grandchildren's Perceptions of Caring for Grandparents

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