51 research outputs found
Teleworking practice in small and medium-sized firms: Management style and worker autonomy
In an empirical study of teleworking practices amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West London, organisational factors such as management attitudes, worker autonomy and employment flexibility were found to be more critical than technological provision in facilitating successful implementation. Consequently, we argue that telework in most SMEs appears as a marginal activity performed mainly by managers and specialist mobile workers
Gender roles and employment pathways of older women and men in England
In the context of population ageing, the UK government is encouraging people to work longer and delay retirement and it is claimed that many people now make âgradualâ transitions from full-time to part-time work to retirement. Part-time employment in older age may, however, be largely due to women working part-time before older age, as per a UK âmodified male breadwinnerâ model. This article therefore separately examines the extent to which men and women make transitions into part-time work in older age, and whether such transitions are influenced by marital status. Following older men and women over a ten-year period using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, this article presents sequence, cluster, and multinomial logistic regression analyses. Little evidence is found for people moving into part-time work in older age. Typically, women did not work at all or they worked part-time (with some remaining in part-time work and some retiring/exiting from this activity). Consistent with a âmodified male breadwinnerâ logic, marriage was positively related to the likelihood of women belonging to typically âfemale employment pathway clustersâ, which mostly consist of part-time work or not being employed. Men were mostly working full-time regardless of marital status. Attempts to extend working lives among older women are therefore likely to be complicated by the influence of traditional gender roles on employment
Evaluation of New Deal 50plus Qualitative evidence from clients: second phase
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Evaluation of New Deal 50plus qualitative evidence from clients First phase
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Evaluation of New Deal 50plus Qualitative evidence from ES and BA staff; second phase
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Evaluation of New Deal 50plus Qualitative evidence from ES and BA staff: first phase
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Employers as customers
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