Getting the Hours You Want in the Preretirement Years: Work Hour Preferences and Mismatch Among Older Canadian Workers

Existing research on work hour mismatches has examined gender and occupational differences, but it has largely assumed that these factors work independently of each other. This paper combines insights from the stress of higher status hypothesis and the concept of the ideal worker to examine the intersections of gender and occupation in relation to inequalities in workers’ abilities to control the amount of time they spend in paid work. I also offer a longitudinal and process-oriented analysis by examining how men and women in upper, middle, and lower prestige occupations differ in their chances of having hour mismatches, resolving mismatches, and in the methods through which they resolve them. Findings indicate that men and women experience different types of mismatches and men in upper level occupations are at greater risk of mismatches and least likely to find resolutions, yet outcomes are heavily influenced by the intersections of gender and occupation, illustrating the need for this type of analysis. There are few results to indicate differences in the mechanism of mismatch resolution by either gender or occupation.

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Part-time in general practice—a remedy to a time-based problem?

Family Practice ◽

10.1093/fampra/cmy116 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 511-515

Author(s):

Erika Strazdins ◽

Kathryn Dwan ◽

Melanie Pescud ◽

Lyndall Strazdins

Keyword(s):

General Practice ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Personal Lives ◽

The Hours ◽

Part Time ◽

Work Hour ◽

New Policies ◽

Grounded Theory Approach ◽

Depth Interviews

AbstractBackgroundIncreasing numbers of GPs are reducing the hours they work in clinical practice. The reasons for and implications of this are not well-understood.ObjectiveTo investigate how the demands of general practice, especially new time pressures, impact GPs’ professional and personal lives and work hour choices.MethodUsing a grounded theory approach, we conducted 26 in-depth interviews with GPs working in Australia.ResultsTime-bound consultation windows, the complexity of patients presenting to general practice and consequent administrative and emotional burdens placed upon GPs combined to increase time pressures and an intensifying clinical load. Many GPs also strove to sequester time for family and reported burnout and poor health along with abiding concerns for quality of care.ConclusionThis study suggests a need for new policies on how clinical consultations are timed and remunerated in keeping with a changed GP demography, new demands and a more complex patient care profile.

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A Legally Constructed Underclass of Workers? The Deportability and Limited Work Rights of International Students in Australia and the United Kingdom

Industrial Law Journal ◽

10.1093/indlaw/dwy021 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 416-446 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joanna Howe

Keyword(s):

International Students ◽

Host Country ◽

Labour Law ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Distinct Category ◽

The Hours ◽

Work Hour ◽

Domestic Labour ◽

The Uk

Abstract International students have not traditionally been the focus of labour law scholarship, in part because their central purpose in a foreign country is to study rather than work. It is also generally accepted that there is no special reason to focus on international students as a distinct category of workers. This article attests to the particular vulnerability of international students in domestic labour markets, drawing on a comparative study of government policy and practice in relation to international students in Australia and the UK. Immigration rules in both jurisdictions frame the manner in which international students engage in the labour market during their studies. These rules restrict the hours in which international students can engage in paid work during semester, and if breached can result in the international students being deported from the host country. This has the effect of limiting the job market for international students, increasing the power of employers and reducing the likelihood international students will report exploitative work. Instead of strict work hour limits and deportation for breach, governments should rely on other regulatory mechanisms for ensuring international students are present in the host country for the purpose of education rather than work.

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Where do the hours go?

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e520632013-007 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Amy Novotney

Keyword(s):

The Hours

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Resident work hour limits in New York teaching hospitals were not associated with improved safety for surgery patients

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556222006-007 ◽

2005 ◽

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Teaching Hospitals ◽

Resident Work ◽

Work Hour

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Work hour limitations may improve resident quality of life, but other effects are unknown

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556182006-002 ◽

2005 ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Work Hour

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The Hours: How many shifts are we really working?

JEMS Journal of Emergency Medical Services ◽

10.1016/s0197-2510(08)70157-8 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 46-46

Author(s):

Jon Studnek ◽

Antonio R. Fernandez

Keyword(s):

The Hours

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Cardiology Fellowship Education in the Era of High-density Training, Data Tracking, and Quality Measures

The American Heart Hospital Journal ◽

10.15420/ahhj.2011.9.2.99 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 99

Author(s):

Alex J Auseon ◽

Albert J Kolibash ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ohio State University ◽

Training Data ◽

State University ◽

Training Requirements ◽

Healthcare Environment ◽

Medical Centers ◽

Work Hour ◽

The Ohio State University ◽

Data Tracking

Background:Educating trainees during cardiology fellowship is a process in constant evolution, with program directors regularly adapting to increasing demands and regulations as they strive to prepare graduates for practice in todays healthcare environment.Methods and Results:In a 10-year follow-up to a previous manuscript regarding fellowship education, we reviewed the literature regarding the most topical issues facing training programs in 2010, describing our approach at The Ohio State University.Conclusion:In the midst of challenges posed by the increasing complexity of training requirements and documentation, work hour restrictions, and the new definitions of quality and safety, we propose methods of curricula revision and collaboration that may serve as an example to other medical centers.

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