Migrant Domestic Workers’ Character Strengths and the Role of Work-Related Factors: A Strengths-Based Perspective

• Main Authors: Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N, King, Ronnel B, Garabiles, Melissa R, Capio, Catherine M, Yeung, Susanna S. S.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Migrant domestic workers; Character strengths; Strengths use; Work-related factors; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Migration Studies; Psychology; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/363; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijop.12819
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Most studies on migrant domestic workers (MDW) focus on their problems and vulnerabilities, whereas not much is known about their positive attributes and character strengths. Hence, this study intends to deviate from the usual deficit-based view of MDW, which portrays them as victims, to a strengths...