title: Pharmacists' wages and salaries: The part-time versus full-time dichotomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Nova Southeastern University, College of Pharmacy, Department of Sociobehavioral and Administrative Pharmacy, 3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018, USA. Electronic address: cmanuel@nova.edu.
authors.forename: Manuel J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carvajal
authors.affiliation: Nova Southeastern University, College of Pharmacy, Department of Sociobehavioral and Administrative Pharmacy, 3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018, USA.
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Popovici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Human-capital; Job-related preferences; Part-time employment; Pharmacist workforce