本研究主要探討參與原住民勞動合作社對都市原住民族女性之影響。主要研究問題為先瞭解都市原住民族女性來到都會區的就業經驗與工作困境，再來探究都市原住民族女性進入原勞社後的充權影響與成效。為達此研究目的，鎖定一家原勞社，並對四位都市原住民族女性工作人員進行深度訪談法，探究其在都會區的就業遭遇及進入原勞社後的充權經驗，同時搭配參與觀察法，觀察原勞社裡的都市原住民族女性工作人員情形，從中進行質性資料的蒐集與分析。
本研究發現，都市原住民族女性來到以漢人為主的都市環境工作時，面臨歧視與不公平對待，甚至遭遇原漢同工不同酬的問題。雖然她們在漢人為主的地方就業，但對於自身族群認同並未如先前的研究指出對自身族群產生自卑或認同的問題，並未影響她們族群身分的認同。在溫馨社這個以原住民族為主的工作環境當中工作，對都市原住民族女性的確產生充權影響，包含：健康改善、提升親子關係、人脈擴張與人際關係改善及成就感與自信心。此外，本研究亦發現溫馨社與一般工作職場不同之處，包含：一、溫馨社的原住民族工作人員較多，在此工作的都市原住民族女性受訪者比較能感受到愛與安全感，鮮少會因為族群背景的差異而產生嫌隙與衝突；二、溫馨社的工作環境比一般漢人為主的職場友善，由於溫馨社裡面工作的人員多為原住民族的身分，彼此可以互相理解與扶持，比較不會受到汙名化，加上主要的工作人員都是女性，在族群和性別皆相同下，彼此更能互相同理和包容；三、溫馨社的成立，讓本研究部分受訪者可以就近工作，亦可以一邊照顧自己的親人與社區族人，同時可以兼顧工作與家庭的責任；四、在訪談及參與觀察當中，發現溫馨社裡的工作人員大多信奉基督教，受訪者不論在工作或任何事情遭遇困境時，常會透過禱告的方式，尋求精神上的支持或力量，因此，宗教信仰帶給她們生活與精神上的助力與充權甚大。
This study aims to analyze the influences of participation in indigenous labor cooperative association on urban indigenous women. It proposes two main research questions. First, what are the employment experience and work difficulties of urban indigenous women? Second, what are the impacts and effectiveness of empowerment on urban indigenous women? To achieve these research purposes, the researcher entered an indigenous labor cooperative and conducted in-depth interview with four urban indigenous women staff members. Simultaneously, the author employed participant observation to observe the situation of women workers in the labor cooperative association.
The results show that urban indigenous women are treated unfairly in the workplace dominated by Han people. Although they work in the place dominated by Han people, they do not deny their ethnic groups and ethnic identity. In the indigenous labor cooperative association, those urban indigenous women are empowered by different dimensions including health improvement, parent-child relationship improvement, network expansion and interpersonal relationship improvement, and sense of accomplishment and self-confidence. In addition, the results suggest four dimensions of differences between the indigenous labor cooperative association and general workplaces. First of all, these urban indigenous women feel love and secured because most of the people are indigenous people in the association. Second, the working environment of the association is more friendly than that of the Han Chinese. Most of the people in the labor cooperative association are indigenous people, so they can understand each other and are less likely to be stigmatized. In addition, the results show that some of the respondents in this study can work nearby and take care of their families and community members. It is a good way to balance the needs of the work and family. Finally, I find that most of the staff in the labor cooperative association are Christians. Respondents often seek spiritual support or strength through prayer when they run into problems at work or in their life. Therefore, religion is very important to their life and has empowered them greatly.
