Craftsmanship spirit or professionalism: The impetus of barefoot social workers to complete their task identity for protecting disadvantaged children in China

Barefoot social workers that are engaged in child protection have been widely recognized, and the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs promoted them nationwide in 2019. Although several discussions have been held on the topic of rural child protection in China, little attention has been paid to barefoot social workers. Thus, we developed a “craftsmanship model”, based on a conceptual exploratory model of barefoot social workers’ task identity....