Pharmacists' wages and salaries: The part-time versus full-time dichotomy

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• 作者：Manuel J. Carvajal ; Ph.D. ; ^{cmanuel@nova.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ioana Popovici ; Ph.D.
• 关键词：Human-capital ; Job-related preferences ; Part-time employment ; Pharmacist workforce
• 刊名：Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March-April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：12
• 期：2
• 页码：341-346
• 全文大小：224 K

文摘

Recent years have seen significant growth in part-time work among pharmacy personnel. If preferences and outlooks of part-time and full-time workers differ, job-related incentives may not have the same effect on both groups; different management practices may be necessary to cope with rapidly evolving workforces.

Objective

To compare wage-and-salary responses to the number of hours worked, human-capital stock, and job-related preferences between full-time and part-time pharmacists. The analysis focused on the pharmacist workforce because, unlike other professions, remuneration is fairly linear with respect to the amount of time worked.

Methods

Data were collected from a self-reported survey of licensed pharmacists in southern Florida (U.S. State). The sample consisted of 979 full-time and 254 part-time respondents. Using ordinary least squares, a model estimated, separately for full-time and part-time pharmacists, annual wage-and-salary earnings as functions of average workweek, human-capital stock, and job-related preferences.

Results

Practitioners working less than 36 h/week were driven almost exclusively by pay, whereas practitioners working 36 h or more exhibited a more comprehensive approach to their work experience that included variables beyond monetary remuneration.

Conclusion

Managing part-time pharmacists calls for emphasis on wage-and-salary issues. Job-security and gender- and children-related concerns, such as flexibility, should be oriented toward full-time practitioners.