Resistance, Innovation, and Improvisation: Comparing the Responses of Nursing Home Workers to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada and the United States
Abstract
Comparing the situation of workers in nursing homes in two Canadian provinces and two states in the USA, this study draws on narrative accounts from frontline workers and finds that despite variation in the severity of the outbreaks they experienced, nursing home workers in each jurisdiction demonstrated three types of responses to pandemic policy changes that are theorized as resistance, innovation, and improvisation. Data for the study was compiled using a novel method of interrogating newspaper articles to identify narrative accounts and interviews with nursing home workers.Note: In the interests of space, street-level theory and the pandemic context underpinning the articles for this Special Issue are discussed in detail in the Introduction to the Issue
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- Authors
- Cox, R. H., Dickson, D., & Marier, P.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Concordia University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Cox, Robert Henry
- Venue
- Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-12-30
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 41-50
- ISSN
- 1387-6988 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-5448
- OpenAlex
- W3115033631
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 5.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- nursing home staff, COVID-19 pandemic, resistance, innovation, improvisation, frontline workers, pandemic response policy, long-term care, Canada–United States comparison, street-level bureaucracy, narrative accounts
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