A state-wide review of postnatal care in Victoria, Australia found that the views and experiences of midwives were similar to those of the postnatal women, in that they were less satisfied with the organisation and provision of hospital postnatal care than care in the community and perceived a need for individualised, unrushed, flexible care [ 9].
Overall, firms perceived a tradeoff.
"I perceived an etiquette.
Rules were perceived as flexible and while on the one hand part of being a 'good nurse' was the ability to use one's judgement to workaround the rules for the benefit of the patient, to do so risked colleagues' perceptions that one was not a 'good nurse' [ 66].
Although currently the average length of fallow periods and distance to plots have declined, the customary laws on land tenure are perceived as flexible and no appreciable conflicts with regard to land-tenure in NLC were recorded (Knoblauch 2006).
This option was mostly perceived as a "fast", "flexible", "modern" and "comfortable" way to charge a BEV.
An equally likely explanation might be that women are perceived as using flexible scheduling to accommodate family demands.
Research from Catalyst showed no difference in the perceived importance of flexible work options between those with children and those without.
Despite the fact that older workers are considered to be more reliable (McGregor and Gray 2002) and to have better business ethics, they are perceived as less flexible or adaptable, less productive and having higher salary expectations (Henkens and Schippers 2008).
However, the clinical enterprise at the NOC was perceived as less flexible and entrepreneurial than its academic enterprise, mainly because the NHS in general was thought to be too risk-averse, over-regulated, and focused on finances and immediate clinical impact: "It is very difficult to find anyone prepared to be responsible for a change in practice [in the NHS].
