Gendered relations to working time and union agreements
Contradictory outcomes in acute and community nursing settings in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4356199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Willis (0000-0001-7576-971X, Flinders University, corresponding author), Julie Henderson (0000-0002-8697-5460, Flinders University), Luisa Toffoli (0000-0002-8465-919X, Flinders University), Bonnie Walter (Flinders University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 246-263 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0961463x09337558 |
| OpenAlex | W2159070881 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The intensification of working time is a major impediment to the recruitment and retention of nurses worldwide. This article examines the outcomes of negotiations between the Australian Nursing Federation (South Australia), the major nursing union and the South Australian Government, with a particular focus on working-time tools introduced to deintensify nurses' labour. The article compares two strategies negotiated by the union: one for public sector nurses working in acute hospitals where the throughput of patients is short term, the other in the community sector where most patients have chronic mental or physical conditions and their care requirements are long term. The outcomes of the two tools for reducing work intensification reflect gendered relations to time, but are contradictory in terms of control over the labour process. The tool used in the acute sector is highly successful in reducing work intensity but shifts control of the labour process to management. The community-based tool provides nurses with control over the labour process, but is less successful in reducing work intensification or working hours
Business · Control (management · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Management · Negotiation · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Public sector · Trade union · Work (physics · Working time · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Industrial Relations
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |