Purpose The desirability of having a more flexible workforce is emphasised across many health systems yet this goal is as ambiguous as it is ubiquitous. In the absence of empirical studies in healthcare that have defined flexibility as an outcome, the purpose of this paper is to draw on classic management and sociological theory to reduce this ambiguity. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the Weberian tool of “ideal types”. Key workforce reforms are held against Atkinson’s model of functional flexibility which aims to increase responsiveness and adaptability through multiskilling, autonomy and teams; and Taylorism which seeks stability and reduced costs through specialisation, fragmentation and management control. Findings Appeals t...
The aim of this research is to undertake a critical evaluation on the use of flexible work arrangeme...
As flexibility has become a sine-qua-non of the contemporary workplace, we performed a critical revi...
This chapter is about matching the personal needs of employees outside of work with the operational ...
© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The desirability of having a more flexible workforce ...
This paper proposes approaches to breaking down the boundaries that reduce the ability of the health...
Background The need for greater flexibility is often used to justify reforms that redistribute tasks...
The healthcare professions have never been static in terms of their own disciplinary boundaries, nor...
BACKGROUND: The need for greater flexibility is often used to justify reforms that redistribute task...
The healthcare professions have never been static in terms of their own disciplinary boundaries, nor...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate employee perceptions of the flexibility they u...
The healthcare professions have never been static in terms of their own disciplinary boundaries, no...
The health workforce has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. Several countries have...
The health workforce has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. Several countries have...
Reform of the healthcare workforce has become a central component of Government health policy initia...
Current research on negotiated individualized flexible work arrangements focuses on highly paid, ski...
The aim of this research is to undertake a critical evaluation on the use of flexible work arrangeme...
As flexibility has become a sine-qua-non of the contemporary workplace, we performed a critical revi...
This chapter is about matching the personal needs of employees outside of work with the operational ...
© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The desirability of having a more flexible workforce ...
This paper proposes approaches to breaking down the boundaries that reduce the ability of the health...
Background The need for greater flexibility is often used to justify reforms that redistribute tasks...
The healthcare professions have never been static in terms of their own disciplinary boundaries, nor...
BACKGROUND: The need for greater flexibility is often used to justify reforms that redistribute task...
The healthcare professions have never been static in terms of their own disciplinary boundaries, nor...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate employee perceptions of the flexibility they u...
The healthcare professions have never been static in terms of their own disciplinary boundaries, no...
The health workforce has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. Several countries have...
The health workforce has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. Several countries have...
Reform of the healthcare workforce has become a central component of Government health policy initia...
Current research on negotiated individualized flexible work arrangements focuses on highly paid, ski...
The aim of this research is to undertake a critical evaluation on the use of flexible work arrangeme...
As flexibility has become a sine-qua-non of the contemporary workplace, we performed a critical revi...
This chapter is about matching the personal needs of employees outside of work with the operational ...