%0 Journal Article
%T Work¨CFamily Interference: Nurses in Norway and Finland
%A Bente Abrahamsen
%A Kari Anne Holte
%A Marjukka Laine
%J Professions & Professionalism
%D 2012
%I Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
%R 10.7577/pp.v2i1.19
%X The aim of the study is to investigate the level of work¨Cfamily inter-ference (WFI) for part-time nurses in Norway and Finland. Part-time work is usually cited as a desirable way in which to facilitate work and family harmony. However, the opportunity to work part-time in professions may be associated with greater difficulties and challenges than commonly presumed. Part-time professionals are often stigmatized as being less committed to work and report fewer job rewards than colleagues in full-time positions. This study challenges the notion of the desir-able consequences of work hour flexibility concerning the integration of work and family. Part-time nurses in Norway and Finland report an equal level or even higher levels of interference than nurses in full-time positions. A disproportional distri-bution of inconvenient work schedules appears to be a central explanation for the results reported by Norwegian nurses, but to a lesser degree by Finnish nurses.
%U https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp/article/view/19