TY - JOUR
T1 - Autonomy, control and job advancement
T2 - The case of low paid women working in food retail
AU - McKie, Linda
AU - Hogg, Gill
AU - Airey, Laura
AU - Backett-Milburn, Kathryn
AU - Rew, Zoe
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Food retail is a major employer and growth sector. It is one in which gender segregation is evident with many shops reliant on part-time low paid women employees. Most of these employees are trying to combine care responsibilities and paid work. This research note explores findings from 55 interviews with women working in nine food retail businesses in Scotland. Analysis illustrates the ways shop assistants maximize their control over time to ensure that unpaid family and care work can be prioritized. By contrast supervisors find promotion brings constraints on time and autonomy. © The Author(s) 2009,.
AB - Food retail is a major employer and growth sector. It is one in which gender segregation is evident with many shops reliant on part-time low paid women employees. Most of these employees are trying to combine care responsibilities and paid work. This research note explores findings from 55 interviews with women working in nine food retail businesses in Scotland. Analysis illustrates the ways shop assistants maximize their control over time to ensure that unpaid family and care work can be prioritized. By contrast supervisors find promotion brings constraints on time and autonomy. © The Author(s) 2009,.
KW - Autonomy
KW - Food retail work
KW - Job advancement
KW - Low paid women workers
KW - Part-time work
KW - Work family articulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=72749094018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0950017009344918
DO - 10.1177/0950017009344918
M3 - Article
SN - 0950-0170
VL - 23
SP - 787
EP - 796
JO - Work, Employment and Society
JF - Work, Employment and Society
IS - 4
ER -
