Chalmers, J.Campbell, I.Charlesworth, S.C.M.2025-12-172025-12-172005Labour & Industry, 20051030-1763https://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/119936Part-time work (for women) is often put forward as a solution to the problems of balancing paid work and caring responsibilities. This assessment is too shalloVl-: It neglects the crucial issue ofthe quality ofthe part-time job. Poor quality part-time work may worsen problems ofwork andfamily imbalance rather than contribute to their solution. Good quality part-time work is the main path forward. This is a preliminmy paper, which focuses on introducing the topic and outlining several dimensions other than just number of hours - that are important in any assessment ofthe quality of part-time jobs.enCopyright 2005 Copyright Agency Limited (Distributor)Journal article