Jennifer Whillans
Biographic Data
| ID | 298918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Whillans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Whillans |
| SIGNATURE | WHILLANS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7021-4894 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Women and the Standard Workweek: Developing a Typology of Work Schedules in the UK
When do women work? Which women work when? Much of our understanding of the temporal organisation of women's paid work relies on oversimplified stylised estimates of duration and categorical indicators of work timing. Using United Kingdom Time Use Survey 2014-2015 workweek grid data and innovative sequence analysis, this research provides new empirical evidence by identifying a typology of women's work schedules , including variants of and depart…
Time use surveys, social practice theory, and activity connections
Social practice theory (SPT) represents a growing body of research that takes the 'doings and sayings' (social practices) of everyday life as its core unit of enquiry. Time use surveys (TUS) represent a substantial source of micro-data regarding how activities are performed across the 24-h day. Given their apparent complementarities, we ask why TUS have not been utilised more extensively within SPT-inspired research. We advance two contentions: (…
The English Workday Lunch: The Organisation, Understandings and Meaning of the Meal
The English workday lunch receives heavy criticism. Given this, why do people eat the way that they do? Using in-depth interview data, findings represent an 'instruction manual' to the meal detailing (1) variation in the organisation of the workday lunch and standards for competent performance; (2) shared understandings of the meal; and (3) the guiding principle or meaning of the practice. The workday lunch takes much of its meaning from the prac…
Domestic Hospitality: As a Practice and an Alternative Economic Arrangement
This article examines the connections between the economic, social and cultural aspects of a rather peculiar practice - events of domestic hospitality which involve a meal. In formats ranging from the formal dinner party to impromptu potluck events, an economic good is transferred from one household to another, ostensibly as a unilateral gift although often prompting reciprocity. Illustrated with results from a mixed methods re-study of the pract…
The allure of variety: Eating out in three English cities, 2015
The changing meaning of eating out in three English cities 1995–2015
Social Inequality and Visual Impairment in Older People
The high costs of visual impairment are disproportionately felt by the worst off elderly. Both low wealth and low SSS significantly increase the risk of onset of visual impairment
The weekend: The friend and foe of independent singles
The intensification of friendship networks among independent singles is considered ‘the pleasure offered by the single life’ and the sociability, rather than domesticity, of this life stage is often emphasised. This paper reports on interviews with independent singles from affluent areas which suggested that accompanying this cultural norm of sociability was the relentless onus of temporal organisation required for interpersonal synchronisation w…
The allure of variety: Eating out in three English cities, 2015
The changing meaning of eating out in three English cities 1995–2015
Time use surveys, social practice theory, and activity connections
Social practice theory (SPT) represents a growing body of research that takes the 'doings and sayings' (social practices) of everyday life as its core unit of enquiry. Time use surveys (TUS) represent a substantial source of micro-data regarding how activities are performed across the 24-h day. Given their apparent complementarities, we ask why TUS have not been utilised more extensively within SPT-inspired research. We advance two contentions: (…
Domestic Hospitality: As a Practice and an Alternative Economic Arrangement
This article examines the connections between the economic, social and cultural aspects of a rather peculiar practice - events of domestic hospitality which involve a meal. In formats ranging from the formal dinner party to impromptu potluck events, an economic good is transferred from one household to another, ostensibly as a unilateral gift although often prompting reciprocity. Illustrated with results from a mixed methods re-study of the pract…
The English Workday Lunch: The Organisation, Understandings and Meaning of the Meal
The English workday lunch receives heavy criticism. Given this, why do people eat the way that they do? Using in-depth interview data, findings represent an 'instruction manual' to the meal detailing (1) variation in the organisation of the workday lunch and standards for competent performance; (2) shared understandings of the meal; and (3) the guiding principle or meaning of the practice. The workday lunch takes much of its meaning from the prac…
The weekend: The friend and foe of independent singles
The intensification of friendship networks among independent singles is considered ‘the pleasure offered by the single life’ and the sociability, rather than domesticity, of this life stage is often emphasised. This paper reports on interviews with independent singles from affluent areas which suggested that accompanying this cultural norm of sociability was the relentless onus of temporal organisation required for interpersonal synchronisation w…
The weekend: The friend and foe of independent singles
The intensification of friendship networks among independent singles is considered ‘the pleasure offered by the single life’ and the sociability, rather than domesticity, of this life stage is often emphasised. This paper reports on interviews with independent singles from affluent areas which suggested that accompanying this cultural norm of sociability was the relentless onus of temporal organisation required for interpersonal synchronisation w…
Social Inequality and Visual Impairment in Older People
The high costs of visual impairment are disproportionately felt by the worst off elderly. Both low wealth and low SSS significantly increase the risk of onset of visual impairment
The changing meaning of eating out in three English cities 1995–2015
The allure of variety: Eating out in three English cities, 2015
Domestic Hospitality: As a Practice and an Alternative Economic Arrangement
This article examines the connections between the economic, social and cultural aspects of a rather peculiar practice - events of domestic hospitality which involve a meal. In formats ranging from the formal dinner party to impromptu potluck events, an economic good is transferred from one household to another, ostensibly as a unilateral gift although often prompting reciprocity. Illustrated with results from a mixed methods re-study of the pract…
Time use surveys, social practice theory, and activity connections
Social practice theory (SPT) represents a growing body of research that takes the 'doings and sayings' (social practices) of everyday life as its core unit of enquiry. Time use surveys (TUS) represent a substantial source of micro-data regarding how activities are performed across the 24-h day. Given their apparent complementarities, we ask why TUS have not been utilised more extensively within SPT-inspired research. We advance two contentions: (…
The English Workday Lunch: The Organisation, Understandings and Meaning of the Meal
The English workday lunch receives heavy criticism. Given this, why do people eat the way that they do? Using in-depth interview data, findings represent an 'instruction manual' to the meal detailing (1) variation in the organisation of the workday lunch and standards for competent performance; (2) shared understandings of the meal; and (3) the guiding principle or meaning of the practice. The workday lunch takes much of its meaning from the prac…
Women and the Standard Workweek: Developing a Typology of Work Schedules in the UK
When do women work? Which women work when? Much of our understanding of the temporal organisation of women's paid work relies on oversimplified stylised estimates of duration and categorical indicators of work timing. Using United Kingdom Time Use Survey 2014-2015 workweek grid data and innovative sequence analysis, this research provides new empirical evidence by identifying a typology of women's work schedules , including variants of and depart…
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