Gender and “Tradition”: Power Negotiation between Employers and Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Azza Khalil Abdulfattah ◽  
Asma Saeid Badawood

The current study aims to verify the impact of children’s secure attachment to their mothers on their mastery motivation in the light of the dependence on domestic workers’ phenomenon in the Saudi society. To achieve the goals of the study, a random sample of Saudi children was selected from Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia, whose favorable economic circumstances contributed in the dependence of their families on domestic workers. The sample is consisted of two pre-school children groups who were under six years old; the first group is consisted of (74) child whose families depend on domestic workers, while the second group is consisted of (109) child from families who do not depend on domestic workers to care for their children. The outcomes were collected after applying DMQ 17 questionnaire for assessing mastery motivation for children below the age of 6 for George Morgan. The results showed that early attachment’s relationship with mothers has a prominent impact on the mastery motivation development. Moreover, the outcomes showed no significant effects of domestic workers who are in charge of housekeeping, and care services on all mastery motivation dimensions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-72
Author(s):  
Ratu Rayanti Arumsari

This study aims to determine how the developing country, Indonesia, affected Saudi Arabia to protect the domestic workers. Researcher are trying to understand and analyze how this cooperation in the agreement that related in placement and protection based on the moratory to overcome the violence to indonesian domestic workers. This study used qualitative research type. The research method used is descriptive analysis techniques. Most of the data collected through the literature and websites searching.Those data were analyzed by theory approach based on International Relations, International Cooperation, International Agreement, International Labour Regulation, National Interest and Negotiation Diplomacy. The results of this study show the cooperation between Republic of Indonesia and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the placement and protection of indonesia labours post informal sector workers moratorium, during the process until invent to Memorandum of Understanding.


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