Professor Clare Kelliher, Chair in Work and Organisation, Dr Charlotte Gascoigne, Principal Research Fellow and Pierre Walthery, Research Fellow, 美姬阁 School of Management discussed . In this webinar the panel focused on what led line managers to change their minds about the feasibility of part-time working, how they have dealt with gaps in service, and managed workload with available resources. They also considered how this decision-making related to decisions made in response to employee requests to work part-time.

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Here are a few examples of full-text articles in our databases.

EBSCO Business Source

(Berg et al., 2020; Cam, 2012; Caputo & Cianni, 2001; Devicienti et al., 2019; Haley-Lock, 2009; Harris et al., 2021; KjeldStad & Nymoem, 2012; Matteazzi et al., 2014)

Berg, P., Hamman, M. K., Piszczek, M., & Ruhm, C. J. (2020). Can Policy Facilitate Partial Retirement? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Germany. ILR Review, 73(5), 1226–1251.

Cam, S. (2012). Involuntary part-time workers in Britain: evidence from the labour force survey. Industrial Relations Journal, 43(3), 242–259.

Campbell, I., Charlesworth, S., & Malone, J. (2011). Part-time of what? Job quality and part-time employment in the legal profession in Australia. Journal of Sociology, 48(2), 149–166.

Caputo, R. K., & Cianni, M. (2001). Correlates of Voluntary vs. Involuntary Part-time Employment among US Women. Gender, Work & Organization, 8(3), 311.

Charlesworth, S., & Whittenbury, K. (2007). ‘Part-time and Part-committed’?: The Challenges of Part-time Work in Policing. Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(1), 31–47.

Devicienti, F., Grinza, E., Manello, A., & Vannoni, D. (2019). What are the benefits of having more female leaders? Evidence from the use of part-time work in Italy. ILR Review, 72(4), 897–926.

Evans, C., & Yusof, Z. N. (2020). The importance of part-time work to UK university students. Industry and Higher Education, 35(6), 725–735.

Haley-Lock, A. (2009). Variation in part-time job quality within the nonprofit human service sector. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 19(4), 421–442.

Harris, M. N., Zhao, X., & Zucchelli, E. (2021). Ageing Workforces, Ill鈥恏ealth and Multi鈥恠tate Labour Market Transitions*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics, 83(1), 199–227.

Kauhanen, M. (2008). Part-Time Work and Involuntary Part-Time Work in the Private Service Sector in Finland. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 29(2), 217–248.

Kjeldstad, R., & Nymoen, E. H. (2012). Part-time work and gender: Worker versus job explanations. International Labour Review, 151(1/2), 85–107.

Månsson, J., & Ottosson, J. (2011). Transitions from part-time unemployment: Is part-time work a dead end or a stepping stone to the labour market? Economic and Industrial Democracy, 32(4), 569–589.

Matteazzi, E., Pailhé, A., & Solaz, A. (2014). Part-time wage penalties for women in prime age: a matter of selection or segregation? Evidence from four european countries. ILR Review, 67(3), 955–985.

Pech, C., Klainot-Hess, E., & Norris, D. (2020). Part-time by Gender, Not Choice: The Gender Gap in Involuntary Part-time Work. Sociological Perspectives, 64(2), 280–300.

Rose, J., & Hewitt, B. (2018). Does part-time employment status really reduce time pressure? Journal of Sociology, 55(2), 366–388.  

ABI Inform

Beckmann, F. (2020). Perceived job quality in german minijobs. A multidimensional analysis of work in marginal part-time employment relationships. Management Revue, 31(2), 116-116–144.

Figart, D. M. (2000). Between equalization and marginalization: Women working part-time in europe and the United States of America / part-time prospects: An international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the pacific rim. Work and Occupations, 27(2), 256-259.

Göbel, J., Schmidt, M., Seifried-Dübon, T., Linden, K., Degen, L., Rind, E., Anna-Lisa Eilerts, Pieper, C., Grot, M., Werners, B., Schröder, V., Jöckel, K., Rieger, M. A., Weltermann, B. M., & Magnavita, N. (2022). Higher work-privacy conflict and lower job satisfaction in GP leaders and practice assistants working full-time compared to part-time: Results of the Improve study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), 2618.

Horemans, J., Marx, I., & Nolan, B. (2016). Hanging in, but only just: Part-time employment and in-work poverty throughout the crisis. IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 5(1), 1-19.

Merino-Llorente, M., & Arechavala, M. N. S. (2020). European part-time workers' health and well-being in times of crisis. the case of female part-timers. Hacienda Publica Espanola, (235), 61-86.

Mie啪ien臈, R., Krutulien臈, S., & Gru啪evskis, B. (2021). Identifying the main determinants of part-time employment in EU countries. Review of Economic Perspectives, 21(2), 151-171.

Moriya, A. S., Selden, T. M., & Simon, K. I. (2016). Little change seen in part-time employment as A result of the affordable care act. Health Affairs, 35(1), 119-123,1-14.

Nightingale, M. (2020). Stepping-stone or dead end: To what extent does part-time employment enable progression out of low pay for male and female employees in the UK? Journal of Social Policy, 49(1), 41-59.

Šaradín, P., Outlý, J., Soukop, M., & Vrabková, I. (2019). Politika na p暖l úvazku aneb neuvoln臎ní starostové: Jak fungují jejich obce? *. Sociologicky Casopis, 55(4), 503-522.

SAGE

Campbell, I., Charlesworth, S., & Malone, J. (2011). Part-time of what? Job quality and part-time employment in the legal profession in Australia. Journal of Sociology, 48(2), 149–166.

Charlesworth, S., & Whittenbury, K. (2007). ‘Part-time and Part-committed’?: The Challenges of Part-time Work in Policing. Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(1), 31–47.

Evans, C., & Yusof, Z. N. (2020). The importance of part-time work to UK university students. Industry and Higher Education, 35(6), 725–735.

Kauhanen, M. (2008). Part-Time Work and Involuntary Part-Time Work in the Private Service Sector in Finland. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 29(2), 217–248.

Long, J. E., & Jones, E. B. (1981). Married Women in Part-Time Employment. ILR Review, 34(3), 413–425.

Månsson, J., & Ottosson, J. (2011). Transitions from part-time unemployment: Is part-time work a dead end or a stepping stone to the labour market? Economic and Industrial Democracy, 32(4), 569–589.

Pech, C., Klainot-Hess, E., & Norris, D. (2020). Part-time by Gender, Not Choice: The Gender Gap in Involuntary Part-time Work. Sociological Perspectives, 64(2), 280–300.

Rose, J., & Hewitt, B. (2018). Does part-time employment status really reduce time pressure? Journal of Sociology, 55(2), 366–388.

Young, B., & Brooks, M. (2004). Part-Time Politics: The Micropolitical World of Part-Time Teaching. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 32(2), 129–148.

Open access articles

Don’t forget there are many articles published open access so anyone can read them online. Here are a few examples of articles on part-time working.

Appel-Meulenbroek, R., Kemperman, A., van de Water, A., Weijs-Perrée, M., & Verhaegh, J. (2022). How to attract employees back to the office? A stated choice study on hybrid working preferences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 81, 101784.

Bächmann, A.-C., Gatermann, D., Kleinert, C., & Leuze, K. (2021). Why do some occupations offer more part-time work than others? Reciprocal dynamics in occupational gender segregation and occupational part-time work in West Germany, 1976–2010. Social Science Research, 102685.

Meekes, J., & Hassink, W. H. J. (2022). Gender differences in job flexibility: Commutes and working hours after job loss. Journal of Urban Economics, 129, 103425.

Vedeler, J. S., & Anvik, C. H. (2020). Flexibility and visibility. An examination of the narratives of Norwegian people with disabilities about working part-time. Alter, 14(1), 1–12.

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