Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds
The sense of feeling at home by people ‘on the move’ was inquired through an adaptation of the homemaking approach. Two groups of people who make their living by working in agricultural sites (internally mobile seasonal agricultural workers and internationally displaced migrant workers) were reached...
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| author | Meral Gezici Yalçın N. Ekrem Düzen Furkan Bardak Ayse K. Uskul Murat Öztürk |
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| description | The sense of feeling at home by people ‘on the move’ was inquired through an adaptation of the homemaking approach. Two groups of people who make their living by working in agricultural sites (internally mobile seasonal agricultural workers and internationally displaced migrant workers) were reached out to examine associations between feeling at home, social interactions, perceived degradation, and subjective well-being. Results showed that both worker groups (seasonal and displaced workers) felt at home despite precarious working and living conditions. Expectedly, feeling at home was predicted significantly by social interactions with others; however, the type of interactions also determined the direction of the effects. While within-group interaction (binding ties) predicted feeling at home positively, across-groups interaction (bridging ties) predicted it negatively for both groups. Additionally, perceived degradation and subjective well-being moderated the effect of feeling at home partially: the effect emerged for a cross-groups but not for within-group interactions. In conclusion, the notion of binding and bridging ties could help to attain an increased explanatory power rather than contact theory alone in understanding the patterns of feeling at home. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13807ecad264468ebf929ff3167090a22023-12-14T05:24:03ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Ecological and Social Psychology2666-62272023-01-015100170Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgroundsMeral Gezici Yalçın0N. Ekrem Düzen1Furkan Bardak2Ayse K. Uskul3Murat Öztürk4Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Germany; Corresponding author at: Universitätsttraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, GermanyDepartment of Psychology, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, TurkeySchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, UKManagement Information Systems, Ankara Bilim University, TurkeyThe sense of feeling at home by people ‘on the move’ was inquired through an adaptation of the homemaking approach. Two groups of people who make their living by working in agricultural sites (internally mobile seasonal agricultural workers and internationally displaced migrant workers) were reached out to examine associations between feeling at home, social interactions, perceived degradation, and subjective well-being. Results showed that both worker groups (seasonal and displaced workers) felt at home despite precarious working and living conditions. Expectedly, feeling at home was predicted significantly by social interactions with others; however, the type of interactions also determined the direction of the effects. While within-group interaction (binding ties) predicted feeling at home positively, across-groups interaction (bridging ties) predicted it negatively for both groups. Additionally, perceived degradation and subjective well-being moderated the effect of feeling at home partially: the effect emerged for a cross-groups but not for within-group interactions. In conclusion, the notion of binding and bridging ties could help to attain an increased explanatory power rather than contact theory alone in understanding the patterns of feeling at home.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000837Feeling at homeSocial interactionPerceived degradationSubjective well-beingDisplaced migrantsSeasonal workers |
| spellingShingle | Meral Gezici Yalçın N. Ekrem Düzen Furkan Bardak Ayse K. Uskul Murat Öztürk Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology Feeling at home Social interaction Perceived degradation Subjective well-being Displaced migrants Seasonal workers |
| title | Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds |
| title_full | Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds |
| title_fullStr | Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds |
| title_short | Feeling at home: An explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different (dis) location backgrounds |
| title_sort | feeling at home an explorative field study of seasonal agricultural workers with different dis location backgrounds |
| topic | Feeling at home Social interaction Perceived degradation Subjective well-being Displaced migrants Seasonal workers |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000837 |
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