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

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  • Christine Edwards
  • Olive Robinson

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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.

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  • Christine Edwards & Olive Robinson, 2004. "Evaluating the Business Case for Part‐time Working amongst Qualified Nurses," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 42(1), pages 167-183, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:brjirl:v:42:y:2004:i:1:p:167-183
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2004.00309.x
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    3. Garnero, Andrea & Kampelmann, Stephan & Rycx, François, 2013. "Part-time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 7789, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    5. Tracey Warren & Clare Lyonette, 2018. "Good, Bad and Very Bad Part-time Jobs for Women? Re-examining the Importance of Occupational Class for Job Quality since the ‘Great Recession’ in Britain," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 32(4), pages 747-767, August.
    6. Stephanie Tailby, 2005. "Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 19(2), pages 369-389, June.
    7. Janet Walsh, 2007. "Experiencing Part‐Time Work: Temporal Tensions, Social Relations and the Work–Family Interface," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 45(1), pages 155-177, March.
    8. Andrea Garnero & Stephan Kampelmann & François Rycx, 2014. "Part-Time Work, Wages, and Productivity," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 67(3), pages 926-954, July.

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