... in which the contextual performance and knowledge intensity play a major role. Our research explores the problems of employees and particularly employers, dealing with part‐time work. Employers are for instance anxious about higher overhead costs, more time wasted on deliberations, less commitment...

...Denise Skinner Part‐time work has been the major area of employment growth during the last decade and now forms almost one‐quarter of total employment in the UK. Within the literature it is argued that a key aspect of the growth of part‐time work is its role in enabling an organisation to meet...

... current thinking in research using three case studies to analyse the value for manpower strategy. Manpower planning Part‐time work Temporary workers Human resource management © MCB UP Limited 1990 ASSESSING THE FLEXIBLE FIRM 13 T he philosophy for flexibility is economic in origin...