Part‐time student labour: strategic choice or pragmatic response?

Abstract

Increasing proportions of students are working part‐time in industries such as hospitality. To understand more about this phenomenon, 11 case studies of hospitality establishments employing a significant proportion of students were compiled by matching data provided by managers and students working in these establishments. Concludes that employers’ employment of student labour could be a combination of strategic choice and pragmatic response ‐ a kind of pragmatic strategy that may be tantamount to a “coincidence of varying interests”.

Citation

Lucas, R. and Ralston, L. (1996), "Part‐time student labour: strategic choice or pragmatic response?", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596119610111703