Perceptions of work-time and leisure-time among managers and field staff in a UK primary health care trust.
OBJECTIVE
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, dependent on one's occupation within the Trust.
Oxford Brookes Business School Research Centre, Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1HX, UK. revabrown@brookes.ac.uk
Reva Berman
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Brown
Shirley A
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Adebayo
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology*; D008131:London; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009790:Occupations; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000592:standards; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017748:Time Management / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards