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This paper examines the impact of flexible working practices of SMEs on the participation of women in the labour market in the North East of England. The empirical findings reveal that common flexible working practices of SMEs are likely to result in more part time jobs, hence preventing career progression amongst women.
Author(s): Wynarczyk P
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: New Technology Work and Employment
Year: 2005
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Pages: 234–247
ISSN (print): 0268-1072
ISSN (electronic): 1468-005X
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2005.00156.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2005.00156.x
Notes: This paper is based on a recently created database and sequel to an artcile recently published in the journal of NEW Technology Work and Employment and part of a series of four papers which are expected to be published in 2006. This paper is constructed in six sections, the first section provides an overview of work-life balance and flexible working issues. Section two provides an overview of the participation of female and male in the labour market in the UK. Section three provides an overview of the North East. A description of the empirical data used, methods of analysis employed and empirical findings follow this. The key findings and policy implications discussed in the final section conclude the paper. The empirical research reported here builds upon an action research project funded by the Government Office for the North East, European Social Fund (ESF) Objective 3 Programme 2000-2006 under the measure 5.2, entitled ‘Women E-flexibility’. To date, the research has resulted in the creation of a unique database of over 200 enterprises operating in the North East of England and has yielded a considerable quantity of data via a large scale postal survey. However, only 79 firms can be classified as SMEs (i.e. those independent firms with less than 250 employees) and provided employment data by gender and responded to questions relating to flexible working practices. Therefore, only these 79 firms have been included in the empirical investigation. These 79 firms are from the manufacturing sector, operating mainly, in sectors such as science, technology (both hardware and software), engineering, electronics and construction.
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