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Children’s and their Meaning Attached to Work. Study in Salaj County

Author(s): Smaranda Liana Cioban
Subject(s): Social Sciences, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Eikon
Keywords: child work; chidlren’s rights; paid labour; unpaid labour; work; children;

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on children’s representations of the engagement into working ac-tivities and the meaning attached to work. The aim of this research is to emphasize the im-portance of conducting research from a child-centered perspective for a better understanding of aspects that concern children. Arguing that children have to right to express themselves, the study describes how Romanian children from a traditional rural community value the work that they do based on their discourse. While the study signals that communities tend to undervalue children’s work, it shows aspects that lead to children’s empowerment, as revealed from inter-views conducted with children. The research employed a mixed method of analysis, triangulat-ing the data from 7 interviews realized with children from a small rural community with a pilot survey and former findings in the area. The data was coded and analyzed with QSR NVIVO 11 Program.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 03+04
  • Page Range: 87-105
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian