Autonomy, control and job advancement

Linda McKie, Gill Hogg, Laura Airey, Kathryn Backett-Milburn and Zoe Rew
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Linda McKie: Glasgow Caledonian University, l.mckie@gcal.ac.uk
Gill Hogg: Heriot-Watt University, g.hogg@hw.ac.uk
Laura Airey: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, Laura.Airey@ed.ac.uk
Kathryn Backett-Milburn: University of Edinburgh
Zoe Rew: KPMG, London

Work, Employment & Society, 2009, vol. 23, issue 4, 787-796

Abstract: Food retail is a major employer and growth sector. It is one in which gender segregation is evident with many shops reliant on part-time low paid women employees. Most of these employees are trying to combine care responsibilities and paid work. This research note explores findings from 55 interviews with women working in nine food retail businesses in Scotland. Analysis illustrates the ways shop assistants maximize their control over time to ensure that unpaid family and care work can be prioritized. By contrast supervisors find promotion brings constraints on time and autonomy.

Keywords: autonomy; food retail work; job advancement; low paid women workers; part-time work; work family articulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017009344918

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