Serving time

Organization and the affective dimension of time

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ID20500002
AuthorsRoar Johnsen (0000-0003-1649-612X, Aalto University, corresponding author), Rasmus Johnsen (Aalto University), Christina Berg Johansen (0000-0002-3681-5717, Copenhagen Business School), Sammy Toyoki (0009-0007-9396-3349, Aalto University)
Year2019
Volume26
Issue1
Pages3-19
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1350508418763997
OpenAlexW2799787181
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited64

In this article, we explore the affective dimension of human temporality. Drawing on the work of Michael Theunissen in his Negative Theologie der Zeit (Negative Theology of Time), we suggest that understanding time as affect may help shed light on how people in organizational settings are influenced by and react toward time, once it comes to appear as an obstacle, rather than a resource to the unfolding of life. To capture such situations, we introduce the notion of ‘chronopathic experience’ and proceed to explore such experiences empirically among men incarcerated in Helsinki Prison. Here, we identify chronotelic behavior as a modality of activities directed toward dealing with the affective pressure exerted by time, as it comes to appear given, external, and meaningless. We argue that the affective dimension of human temporality can be drawn upon in other organizational contexts to clarify the notion of time pressure and to better understand temporality-related institutional pathologies like stress, boredom, and depression

Boredom · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Sociology · Temporality · Mind wandering and attention · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy · Social Psychology

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