Browsing by Author "Murray, Amy Jo."

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2

Intention to migrate among recently qualified health professionals : a South African exploratory study.
(2011) Murray, Amy Jo.; Solomon, Vernon Philip.
This dissertation provides an overview of international migration and its relation to development, with specific reference to the issue of health professional migration from the global South to the global North. It aimed to assess the migration intentions and migration potential within a sample of recently qualified health professionals within South Africa through an online survey. Registers comprised of 4804 psychologists and medical practitioners were used to invite participation in an online survey. A low response rate of only 132 respondents was obtained. The analysis included scale validation and multiple regression analyses in order to assess four criterion variables, namely: „long-term migration plans‟; „migration timeframe‟; „concrete migration plans‟; and „short-term migration plans‟. „Long-term migration plans‟ was significantly predicted by non-professional factors, such as safety and stability, citizenship salience, information and a comparison with a destination country according to personal factors, such as personal safety and general conditions. „Migration timeframe‟ was significantly predicted by information and the expected professional prospects within South Africa. „Concrete migration plans‟ was significantly predicted by information and a comparison with a destination country according to professional factors, such as income levels, job satisfaction and professional prospects. The multiple regression model for „short-term migration‟ proved to not be significant, with no significant predictors. These findings imply that policy interventions must address multiple levels beyond merely improving professional conditions, which is a common strategy for the management of health professional migration. It is clear from this study that the phenomenon of migration is a complex and dynamic issue at local, regional, national and global levels.
Maintaining inequality through 'being silent about' : a dyadic daily diary study establishing the presence of absence in domestic labour relationships.
(2015) Murray, Amy Jo.; Durrheim, Kevin Locksley.
Domestic labour relationships are structured by entanglement issues of gender, class, race and informal labour, producing profound inequality. This daily diary study accessed five domestic labour pairs, comprised of white employers and black live-in workers, to discursively establish and examine the presence of absence regarding inequality in their talk. However, because „being silent about‟ is an atypical form of silence, it was necessary to first establish the empirical status of this absence. Absence can be conceptualised and analysed both as a topic and as an accomplishment of conversation. Generalisations across the data inform a social psychological approach to understanding the dynamics of the unsaid, which also contributes to the empirical status of this silence. The topicalisation and accomplishment of „being silent about‟ essentially keeps troubling topics invisible through collaborative, polite talk, allowing the ideology of inequality to remain unchallenged and intact between speakers and within social life.