TY - JOUR

T1 - Employment patterns in contemporary retailing : gender and work in five supermarkets.

AU - Penn, Roger

AU - Wirth, Betty

PY - 1993/10

Y1 - 1993/10

N2 - This article examines trends in patterns of employment within contemporary retailing. It focuses upon five supermarkets in the Lancaster area. In each store the proportion of part-timers had increased during the 1980s and in four cases it stood at over 70 per cent in 1990. However, there were marked differences in the proportions of female full-time and part-time employees who were married. Management reported similar perceptions of the relative advantages and disadvantages of employing married women within their stores. These belief systems coexisted with radically divergent recruitment strategies by these managements. These variations were embedded within typical recruitment strategies in each of the firms examined.

AB - This article examines trends in patterns of employment within contemporary retailing. It focuses upon five supermarkets in the Lancaster area. In each store the proportion of part-timers had increased during the 1980s and in four cases it stood at over 70 per cent in 1990. However, there were marked differences in the proportions of female full-time and part-time employees who were married. Management reported similar perceptions of the relative advantages and disadvantages of employing married women within their stores. These belief systems coexisted with radically divergent recruitment strategies by these managements. These variations were embedded within typical recruitment strategies in each of the firms examined.

U2 - 10.1080/02642069300000072

DO - 10.1080/02642069300000072

M3 - Journal article

VL - 13

SP - 252

EP - 266

JO - The Service Industries Journal

JF - The Service Industries Journal

SN - 0264-2069

IS - 4

ER -