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- Title
WHO CALLED THE PHYSICIAN? HR RISKS AND CHALLENGES FOR GERMAN HOSPITALS USING LOCUM TENENS.
- Authors
Mitlacher, Lars W.; Welker, Andreas
- Abstract
In recent years, Germany has seen atypical forms of employment rising in the healthcare sector. Many hospitals now employ locum tenens on a regular basis. In hospitals that are not covered by collective agreements and where union influence is not strong, the deployment rate of locum tenens might be higher than in hospitals bound to a collective agreement. This leads to new risks and challenges for Human Resource Management activities in these organisations. For example, the deployment of locum tenens might lead to higher labour costs. Another area of concern could be loyalty and commitment issues within work teams and lower investment in training and development programs for regular staff. However, studies that focus on this special group of atypical employees are rather scarce. This paper explores the HR risks and challenges associated with deploying locum tenens in German hospitals. To test the paper's propositions, a survey was conducted in the anaesthesiology departments of 39 large German hospitals as these frequently use locum tenens.
- Subjects
GERMANY; SUBSTITUTE physicians; HOSPITALS; EMPLOYMENT; COLLECTIVE labor agreements
- Publication
International Journal of Employment Studies, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 2, p56
- ISSN
1039-6993
- Publication type
Article