Hospital Numerical Flexibility and Nurse Economic Security in China and India Authors

• Autores: Chris Nyland, Charmine E. J. Härtel, Thin Vu, Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu
• Localización: British journal of industrial relations, ISSN 0007-1080, Vol. 53, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 136-158
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article contrasts the flexibility of Chinese and Indian urban hospitals and the security of nurses. The study draws on a survey of 55 urban hospitals, and finds that national context generates different flexibility–security outcomes even when workers with similar skills are considered. Our findings support claims that China is constructing a flexibility–security regime that aims to promote both security and flexibility, and that India remains attached to employer-based social protection, but challenges the claim that economic growth is higher in China because India's employers have relatively less capacity to utilize labour-time as they wish.