Flexible `Parts' and Rigid `Fulls': The Limited Revolution in Work-Time Patterns

Ian Dey
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Ian Dey: Department of Social Policy & Social Work University of Edinburgh EDINBURGH EH8 9LL

Work, Employment & Society, 1989, vol. 3, issue 4, 465-490

Abstract: The evidence indicates that there has been some erosion of the distinction between part-time and full-time employment over the past decade. However, this is almost entirely attributable to the growth in part-time employment, and despite a continuing rigidity in full-time work patterns. It is argued that part-time employment can only make a limited contribution to labour market flexibility so long as full-time work patterns remain inflexible. This paper questions the assumptions sustaining a rigid bifurcation of work into full-time and part-time hours, and considers the case for a more flexible approach to full-time hours in the context of the debate over worksharing.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017089003004004

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