Part-time work and advancement

A study of female professional staff in Australian universities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4545829
AutoresJanis Bailey (Griffith University, autor correspondente), Carolyn Troup (0000-0001-6742-6055, Griffith University), Glenda Strachan (0000-0002-7652-5108, Griffith University)
Ano2017
Volume39
Fascículo3
Páginas282-295
Data de publicação2017-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2017.1298200
OpenAlexW2602599265
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas34

One focus of gender equity policies in universities has been the creation of ‘retention’ part-time work for professional staff, which allows employees to move between full-time and part-time hours at their request. This paper examines whether such ‘good’ part-time jobs can contribute to or at least not impede women’s career advancement. The paper examines the correlation between job classification and part-time work, and whether a period of part-time work acts as a significant ‘brake’ on a woman’s career trajectory. This study uses data from the 2011 Work and Careers in Australian Universities survey. Part-time work is used extensively by lower-classified women, but rarely by those in higher classifications. Part-time work stalls career advancement compared to working full-time, but this brake is reduced if a woman transitions back to full-time work

Demographic economics · Economics · Equity (law · Full-time · Gender equity · Management · Part-time employment · Political science · Public relations · Time management · Time-out · Work (physics · Work time · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges