分割された職場における隠れた仕事:日中の清掃における曖昧な可視性
1Department of Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Frontiers in sociology
|February 23, 2026
まとめ
日中の清掃は、分割された職場における清掃員の不可視性を自動的に減らすものではない。顧客従業員は、清掃員の労働条件と可視性に影響を与えることができ、清掃員の幸福感を改善するためのより広範な対策の必要性を強調している。
科学分野:
- 労働社会学
- 労働研究
- 組織行動学
背景:
- 1980年代以降のアウトソーシングにより、「分割された職場」が生まれ、清掃作業はしばしば見えなくなっている。
- 多くの女性労働者や移民労働者が行う清掃作業は、断片的でピーク時以外の労働時間による「時間的な不可視性」を特徴とする。
- 「サービス三角形」(雇用主、従業員、クライアント)は、清掃作業の力学を複雑にしている。
研究 の 目的:
- 「日中の清掃」が清掃員の可視性に与える影響を調査すること。
- 共有された作業環境における清掃員の(不可)視性の複雑で曖昧な性質を分析すること。
- 顧客従業員が清掃員の労働条件と可視性に与える影響を理解すること。
主な方法:
- オーストリアの清掃セクターで実施された質的研究。
- 清掃員と顧客従業員への詳細なインタビューを含む。
- 日常的なやり取りと作業ルーチンを理解するための参加観察。
主要な成果:
- 日中の清掃は、清掃員の可視性に関して、複雑で曖昧な状況をもたらす。
- 顧客従業員は、正式な責任者ではないにもかかわらず、清掃員の労働条件と可視性に大きく影響を与える。
- 清掃員は、サービス三角形の中で自身の可視性を管理するために、様々な戦略を用いている。
結論:
- 清掃作業における(不可)視性の概念は矛盾しており、微妙な理解が必要である。
- 日中の清掃を実施するには、顧客従業員が関与する付随的な対策が必要である。
- 労働条件を改善するには、サービス三角形と分割された職場の力学に対処する多層的な介入が必要である。
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