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Perceptions of work‐time and leisure‐time among managers and field staff in a UK primary health care trust
Author(s) -
Brown Reva Berman,
Adebayo Shirley A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2004.00488.x
Subject(s) - perception , work (physics) , psychology , time management , leisure time , field (mathematics) , nursing , job satisfaction , time perception , quality (philosophy) , applied psychology , medicine , social psychology , management , physical activity , mechanical engineering , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , neuroscience , pure mathematics , engineering , economics , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Aims The aims of the research were to explore the issues around the perception of District Nurses in an inner London Primary Health Care Trust of their use of work‐time and leisure‐time, and to reveal how the boundaries between these two aspects can become blurred and impinge on each other. Background Time use is helpful in considerations of wider issues such as satisfaction at work and work‐life balance. Methods The data were collected by a questionnaire to seek the views of managers and field staff on issues such as the impact on the quality of patient care of the nurses’ perception of work‐time and leisure‐time. Results The research identified the different perception of ‘work‐time’ that employees have in relation to their place within the hierarchical structure. Conclusions The findings answered the question of whether time is perceived differently, dependant on one's occupation within the Trust.