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Part-time labour in retailing

Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)Published 1 January 1984Open access
Roy Thurik, Nico van der Wijst
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Abstract

textabstractRetailers have to deal with a fluctuating demand for labor. The use of part-time employees is one of their instruments to cope with these fluctuations. This article gives theoretical considerations regarding the use of part-time labor in the retail trade and empirical evidence regarding the influence of its use on labor productivity.

Keywords

Business, Management and Accounting