Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on sociology, labor economics, organizational behavior and social history, this title presents papers that examine time in the workplace. It examines issues surrounding the distribution of and struggle over work hours and how these vary across a number of factors including race, class, occupation and other structural components of work.
Table of ContentsTime–Work Discipline in the 21st Century. Chronemics at Work: Using Socio-Historical Accounts to Illuminate Contemporary Workplace Temporality. Saying ‘Good Morning’ in the Night: The Reversal of Work Time in Global ICT Service Work. The Dance of Entrainment: Temporally Navigating across Multiple Pacers. Individual Temporality in the Workplace: How Individuals Perceive and Value Time at Work. Polychronicity, Individuals, and Organizations. Timing Expertise in Software Development Environments. The ‘Over-Paced’ American: Recent Trends in the Intensification of Work. For Love or Money? Extrinsic Rewards, Intrinsic Rewards, Work–Life Issues, and Hour Mismatches. The Economics of Flexible Work Scheduling: Theoretical Advances and Contemporary Paradoxes. Time and Control in a 24/7 Environment: Clock Time, Work Time, Family Time. Explaining Job Hours of Physicians, Nurses, EMTs, and Nursing Assistants: Gender, Class, Jobs, and Families. Gender Differences in the Relationship between Long Employee Hours and Multitasking. Dual Earners in Double Jeopardy: Preparing for Job Loss in the New Risk Economy. Public School Teachers Join the Ranks of Dislocated Workers. Organizational Strategies for Network Weaving Work-Life Integration into 24/7 Cultures. New Times Redux: Layering Time in the New Economy. List of Contributors.
