Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore
In 1992, part-time employment in Singapore constituted only 2.2% of the total workforce (Singapore Labour Force Survey, 1992). This is considerably low as compared to other countries like Norway and Britain that have 25.6% and 24.7% of part-time employment in the workforce, respectively (The Str...
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| author | Goh, Yee Leng Kok, Pei Kee Tan, Joanne Siu Huang |
| author2 | Yaw A. Debrah |
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| description | In 1992, part-time employment in Singapore constituted only 2.2%
of the total workforce (Singapore Labour Force Survey, 1992). This
is considerably low as compared to other countries like Norway and
Britain that have 25.6% and 24.7% of part-time employment in the
workforce, respectively (The Straits Times, 1989). Besides lagging
behind other countries in tapping part-timers, Singapore also
under-utilises them to resolve the labour shortage problem. Female
and older workers are the two largest groups of part-timers in
Singapore. This study attempts to highlight the problems encountered
by female and older workers in the labour force (e.. work family
conflict). Part-time employment is suggested as an alternative work
arrangement to help female and older workers reduce their problems.
Furthermore, it is suggested that the government and unions can
promote the use of part-timers in companies through the provision of
incentives, training and development, child-care facilities, etc. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/630342023-05-19T03:30:03Z Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore Goh, Yee Leng Kok, Pei Kee Tan, Joanne Siu Huang Yaw A. Debrah Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Management::Personnel management In 1992, part-time employment in Singapore constituted only 2.2% of the total workforce (Singapore Labour Force Survey, 1992). This is considerably low as compared to other countries like Norway and Britain that have 25.6% and 24.7% of part-time employment in the workforce, respectively (The Straits Times, 1989). Besides lagging behind other countries in tapping part-timers, Singapore also under-utilises them to resolve the labour shortage problem. Female and older workers are the two largest groups of part-timers in Singapore. This study attempts to highlight the problems encountered by female and older workers in the labour force (e.. work family conflict). Part-time employment is suggested as an alternative work arrangement to help female and older workers reduce their problems. Furthermore, it is suggested that the government and unions can promote the use of part-timers in companies through the provision of incentives, training and development, child-care facilities, etc. BUSINESS 2015-05-05T06:40:35Z 2015-05-05T06:40:35Z 1994 1994 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63034 en Nanyang Technological University 73 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business::Management::Personnel management Goh, Yee Leng Kok, Pei Kee Tan, Joanne Siu Huang Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore |
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| title_full | Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore |
| title_fullStr | Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore |
| title_short | Female and older workers in part-time employment in Singapore |
| title_sort | female and older workers in part time employment in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::Management::Personnel management |
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