Precarious Implications of Functional Flexibilisation in Labour Management: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses' Ward Transitions

SarıtaŞ C. T.

Journal of Health Management, cilt.25, sa.4, ss.1009-1017, 2023 (ESCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/09720634231216576
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Health Management
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1009-1017
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Functional flexibility, healthcare restructuring, labour management, nursing, precariousness, ward transitions
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article examines functional flexibilisation in nursing labour management, considering Turkey’s healthcare restructuring since 2003. It provides a qualitative analysis of nurses’ ward transition experiences through in-depth interviews with 38 female nurses in hospital wards. Along with functional insecurity, the findings suggest that ward transitions lead to insecurity and uncertainty in nurses’ career prospects, skill reproduction and specialisation in a particular clinical area. Moreover, the intersection of healthcare restructuring principles and occupational power relations underlines that applying ward transitions as a functional flexibilisation strategy triggers non-professionalisation and/or degradation of nursing as an occupation.