Evaluating the Business Case for Part‐time Working amongst Qualified Nurses

Christine Edwards and Olive Robinson

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, vol. 42, issue 1, 167-183

Abstract: A ‘new’ business case for part‐time working assumes a mutuality of benefit for employer and employees. Examining this hypothesis from the perspective of qualified nursing staff and managers in the NHS, a context in which the new business case for part‐time working is particularly strong, this study found that the full benefits are not realized for either side. Extending the findings of other research into highly skilled/professional occupations, we conclude that, without substantive change in systems of work, the expansion of the part‐time work‐force could entail the under‐utilization of the skills of an indispensable section of the working population.

Date: 2004
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