Özet:

Part-time employment, which has been increasing in many developed countries since 1970, has recently become a current issue with low job quality. Different indicators have been used to measure job quality that contributes to the well-being of employees and inherently represents by a multidimensional structure. Among these indicators, for instance, OECD Job Quality Framework is structured in three main dimensions: earning quality, labour market insecurity and quality of the work environment. In this line, this study mainly aims to examine the relationship between the quantity of part-time employment and job quality indicators by correlation and multiple linear regression analysis methods, by using data from OECD countries. Empirical results display that higher part-time employment rates are related to better job quality. This relationship is a result that part-time employment rates are higher in developed OECD countries while being lower in developing OECD countries. Also, regression analysis reveals that the increase in earning quality, training and learning and opportunity of career advancement as well as the reduction in physical health risk factors may increase the quantity of part-time employment at varying degrees.

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