The psychological contract and the transition from full to part‐time police work

Dick, Penny

doi:10.1002/job.366

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“…As a public service, the Fire Service extends the traditional model of a PC between employer-employees since, while firefighters have an immediate employer (the Fire Service), they are also employed by the Government (Dick 2006). Further, while they have obligations to their employer, these extend to providing a service to the public.…”

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An Interview Study of the Experiences of Firefighters in Regard to Psychological Contract and Stressors

Duran

Woodhams

Bishopp

2018

Employ Respons Rights J

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As the first qualitative study of its kind, this study explored firefighters' beliefs and experiences about the psychological contract between themselves as employees and their employer, workplace stress, stress-management strategies, and their wellbeing. Eleven interviews were conducted with active firefighters from multiple fire stations in the UK. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts were analysed using framework analysis. Five superordinate themes were identified and labelled as 'Motives', 'Mutual obligations', 'Stressors and their effects', 'Moderators', and 'Retention factors', each of which contained lower level sub-themes. Psychological contract (PC) is a useful construct to measure firefighters' perceived obligations as their responses reflected multiple facets of PC theory. The current climate of austerity measures appears to be negatively impacting on firefighters in terms of reducing numbers and placing higher task demands on those remaining. Thus, making it very difficult for the UK Fire and Rescue Service (UKFRS) to meet the perceived obligations of their employees. The findings have implications for human resource departments within UKFRS trying to manage the impact of funding cuts and they highlight the potential value of the PC as a construct around which such issues can be explored.

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Section: Pc Breachmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Interview Study of the Experiences of Firefighters in Regard to Psychological Contract and Stressors

Duran

Woodhams

Bishopp

2018

Employ Respons Rights J

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“…The concept of social capital was drawn in to provide a central explanatory framework for the purpose of this article because the topic of relations kept emerging as a central theme in our material, and our inductive approach allowed us to bring in the concepts with the most explanatory power. Dick has provided a good account of a similar way of applying a theoretical concept to explain emerging topics (Dick 2006).…”

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“Blue” social capital and work performance: anthropological fieldwork among crew members at four Danish international ships

Grøn

Svendsen

2013

WMU J Marit Affairs

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One outcome of globalization is an increasing number of seafarers, who seldom are members of the same crew two voyages in a row and must cooperate with seafarers from many countries (Progoulaki and Roe WMU J Marit Affairs 10:7-23, 2011). This situation challenges the level of social capital on board, i.e., the resources inherent in network cooperation associated with norms of reciprocity and trust (Putnam 2000: 19). Fragmentized "blue" social capital should, however, be restored, as work performance depends on the quality of cooperation among crew members horizontally, as well as between crew members and the shipping company vertically. Drawing on anthropological fieldwork data from four Danish international ships, the purpose of this paper is to offer a new theoretical framework for analyzing cooperation among crews. Our inductive empirical findings suggest that a balance between three types of social capital-bonding, bridging and linking-is needed to achieve a high-performing work system (Gittell et al. Organ Sci 21(2):490-506, 2010). Hence, the main actors within the shipping sector should take "blue" social capital into account to increase work efficiency and economic performance.

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“…Dick 2004). Dick (2004Dick ( , 2006 har beskrevet flere utfordringer ved deltidsarbeid i politiet som kan overføres til sykepleieryrket: Presset om å levere service til publikum til alle tider, at arbeidstaker må vaere innstilt på å bli på jobb etter arbeidstid i situasjoner der dette er nødvendig, vanskelige avgjørelser om hvorvidt lønnskompensasjon for ugunstige arbeidstider skal gjelde også for de som jobber mindre, og utfordringer i forhold til at kollegaer må ta over arbeidsoppgaver eller upopulaere skift hvis noen skal jobbe mindre.…”

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Dedikasjon og deltidsønsker blant politiog sykepleierstudenter

Abrahamsen¹,

Fekjær²

2017

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Dedikasjon og deltidsønsker blant politi og sykepleierstudenterPart-time preferences and professional commitment among police and nursing students Bente AbrahamsenProfessor, Senter for profesjonsstudier, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus bente.abrahamsen@hioa.no Silje Bringsrud FekjaerProfessor, Senter for profesjonsstudier, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus silje@hioa.no SAMMENDRAG Jobber kvinner deltid i noen yrker på grunn av strukturelle forhold som de møter i yrket, eller er kvinnene som søker seg til disse yrkene mindre dedikerte og mer orienterte mot deltidsarbeid? I denne artikkelen undersøker vi når forskjeller i deltidsønsker etableres blant politi-og sykepleierstudenter, og om det er de minst dedikerte som ønsker deltidsarbeid. Studien er basert på en longitudinell spørreundersøkelse hvor politi-og sykepleierstudenter er fulgt fra de starter på studiet og frem til uteksaminering (N=661). Resultatene viser at kvinnelige sykepleierstudenter er mer orienterte mot deltidsarbeid enn kvinnelige politistudenter. Forskjellen i deltidspreferanser er tydelig allerede når de starter på utdanningen, og dette holder seg gjennom studiet. Vi finner også at de som er mest dedikerte til yrket oftere ønsker å jobbe heltid, men forskjellen i yrkesdedikasjon forklarer i liten grad forskjellen i deltidsønsker mellom sykepleierstudenter og politistudenter. Studien indikerer at deltidsorientering og dedikasjon til yrket formes tidlig. Politi-og sykepleierstudenter er ulike allerede ved studiestart. Tidlige preferanser for deltid kan vaere med på å forklare hvorfor deltidsarbeid er mer utbredt i sykepleieryrket.Nøkkelord Deltid, dedikasjon til yrket, politi, sykepleier, student

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The psychological contract and the transition from full to part‐time police work

Cited by 39 publications

References 46 publications

An Interview Study of the Experiences of Firefighters in Regard to Psychological Contract and Stressors

An Interview Study of the Experiences of Firefighters in Regard to Psychological Contract and Stressors

“Blue” social capital and work performance: anthropological fieldwork among crew members at four Danish international ships

Dedikasjon og deltidsønsker blant politiog sykepleierstudenter

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