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Item type:Publication, Live Like an Ant to Eat Sugar: Nurses’ Engagement in Extreme Work Conditions and Their Perceptions of Its Ethicality(Routledge, 2023-07-22)Based on recent research on extreme work and social exchange theory, this paper presents a pioneering study focussed on public hospital nurses’ engagement in extreme work conditions and its associated ethical aspects. The empirical part comprises of 32 in-depth interviews conducted with nurses in four public hospitals in Egypt. Our findings highlight how a misunderstanding of religion, gender inequality, average education, and staff shortages are the main reasons of nurses’ engagement in intensive jobs. Moreover, poor physical and mental health, lack of time for personal commitments, and a sense of coercion emerged as aspects that raise questions regarding the (un)ethicality of nurses engaging in extreme work. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, When extreme work becomes the norm: an exploration of coping strategies of public sector nurses(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2025-01-01)Drawing on extreme work and transactional stress literature streams; this paper investigates the mechanisms used by public sector nurses to cope with their extreme work conditions in the fragile state context of Egypt. Our findings, which are based on 24 qualitative interviews, show that, to cope with their extreme job duties, nurses engage in the following four strategies–reassertion of professionalism, submission and fatalism, cronyism, and temporalism. Moreover, we found that the low availability of social, physical, and psychological resources and the perceived inadequate provision of entitlements also played a role in this context. Finally, our study is among the first to link the fragile state environment with extreme work conditions in healthcare sector while simultaneously highlighting the related coping mechanisms.1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Street-level bureaucracy and extreme work: understanding career shock perceptions among nurses in public hospitals(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025-11-10)PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to explore how extreme work conditions influence nurses' experiences of career shock in public hospitals. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: This study employed a phenomenon-based approach to gain a deeper and more nuanced understanding of real-world phenomena. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 nurses working in public hospitals in Egypt. Thematic analysis was applied to analyze the interview data. FINDINGS: The study identified three key factors contributing to nurses' perceptions of career shock under extreme work conditions: (1) Refugee-related factors (e.g. differential treatment of refugees compared to nationals, refugees as opportunities to supplement income); (2) Contextual factors (e.g. increased courtesy from nationals, rising patient numbers and demands for wage increases) and (3) workplace factors (e.g. extended work hours, heavy job responsibilities and perceived treatment by managers). These factors were found to significantly influence nurses' perceptions of positive or negative career shocks. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This research fills a gap in the literature on human resources, public administration and healthcare by addressing the limited empirical studies on how extreme job duties shape street-level bureaucrats' (nurses, in this case) perceptions of career shock, particularly in developing and non-Western contexts.Scopus© Citations 4 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Hosting mega sporting events in the extreme hospitality context: Why do hotel employees engage so intensively in their job duties?(Emerald Publishing, 2025-02-14)This paper aims to identify why hotel employees in the Egyptian context accept the extreme job duties resulting from hosting too many mega sporting events and what outcomes they experience as a result. Design/methodology/approach The empirical dat3