Putting Work in Its Place
A Quiet Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11097097 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jackie Krasas Rogers (corresponding author), Peter Meiksins, Peter Whalley |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 458 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1556560 |
| OpenAlex | W2008061605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
Most books on the subject of work focus on the increased amount of time Americans spend on the job. Peter Meiksins and Peter Whalley address the counter-trend, examining the difficult path traversed by people who choose to work less than the standard, forty-hour week. Their fascinating investigation of alternative work arrangements speaks directly to the concerns of all workers who must balance career with other commitments. Through interviews with technical professionals from a wide range of employment settings, Putting Work in Its Place refutes the popular myth of the customized work schedule as inevitably a mommy-track or a return to traditionalism among women. Most of these workers-male and female, young and old-remain strongly committed to their jobs, but wish to combine work with other activities they value just as highly. This can mean family for some, but for others encompasses community service or various avocations. By viewing their work arrangements in the longer term, and not as short-term expedients, these professionals are challenging the accepted view of time requirements for careers in organizations. They are also helping to shape a new agenda for the future of the workplace: to transform their individual successes into a normal practice of customized work time. -- Cornell University Press
Physics · QUIET · Sociology · Work (physics · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Extreme work, gendered work? How extreme jobs and the discourse of ‘personal choice’ perpetuate gender inequality
Managing Time in Domestic Space
Organizational Commitment and Constraints on Work-Family Policy Use
Generational Differences in the Effects of Insecurity, Restructured Workplace Temporalities, and Technology on Organizational Loyalty
Work Life and Social Fulfillment
Researching the 60-Hour Dual-Earner Workweek
Does it matter where you work? A comparison of how three work venues (traditional office, virtual office, and home office) influence aspects of work and personal/family life
Contradictions of commitment in the new economy
Talk of work
Occupational Networking as Normative Control
Dualism, Job Polarization, and the Social Construction of Precarious Work
Leveraging Limits for Contract Professionals
Time for Work or Time for Family? Work-Life Balance after Winning the Lottery
The transition to part-time
Men's Work–life Conflict
Just a Temp
Being there
Balancing exploration and exploitation in alternative work arrangements
The Presentation of Identity in the Work Songs of Johnny Cash
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2018 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |