Browsing by Author "Hakkarainen, Susanna"

Tiivistelmä - Referat - Abstract Aims: The purpose of this study is to provide information about home cleaning work from the point of wiev of aims and motivation. The aims and motivations behind home cleaning have hardly been studied. This research forms new information about the causal relationship between these two factors and specify the backgrounds behind aims and motivation. Research questions are, what are the aims of cleaning and what factors influence cleaning motivation? Methods: The research material was collected in April 2019 by interviewing five families. The families were selected through acquaintances of acquaintances. The following criteria have been used to select the target group; families parents are working or students, children are in kindergarten or school, and the families did not have major problems at the research moment in life. The material was transcribed and analyzed. The material was analysed using theory-driven content analysis. Results and Conclusions: The results and conclusions are supported by the studies presented in the theoretical part. The aims of cleaning are based on cleanliness, order and comfort. The aims are influenced by the standards emerging from society, the model of the childhood home, and the individual's experience of their own everyday life and feeling of goodness. Motivation was influenced by material resources such as time and equipment. Motivation was also formed if the work felt easy or pleasant. The results contained both external and internal motivation. External motivation was formed by rewards, and internal motivation came from the individual's own desire. Personal attributes are also associated with motivation, such as the "cleaning urge” that emerged from the study. The results of the research cannot be generalized due to the small sample size