Journal article
Reasons for Hiring Part‐Time Workers
Abstract
Based on a survey of organizations that have collective agreements covering part‐time workers, this study reveals that flexibility in scheduling work and employees' preference for part‐time work are the two most important reasons for hiring part‐time workers in unionized organizations. Unlike most of the literature on part‐time work and workers, this study's results suggest that savings in wages and benefits are of minor importance in hiring …
Authors
ZEYTINOGLU IU
Journal
Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 489–499
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 1992
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-232x.1992.tb00322.x
ISSN
0019-8676