Flexible friends? Flexible working time arrangements, blurred work-life boundaries and friendship
Pedersen, Vivi Bach and Lewis, Suzan 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1823-8784
(2012)
Flexible friends? Flexible working time arrangements, blurred work-life boundaries and friendship.
Work, Employment and Society, 26
(3)
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pp. 464-480.
ISSN 0950-0170
[Article]
(doi:10.1177/0950017012438571)
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Abstract
The changing nature and demands of work raise concerns about how workers can find time for activities such as friendship and leisure, which are important for well-being. This article brings friendship into the work-life debate by exploring how individuals do friendship in a period characterised by time dilemmas, blurred work-life boundaries and increased employer- and employee-led flexible working. Interviews with employees selected according to their working time structures were supplemented by time use diaries. Findings indicate that despite various constraints, participants found strategies for making time for friendship by blurring boundaries between friends and family and between friends and work. However, the impacts of flexible working time structures were complex and double-edged.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords (uncontrolled): | Blurred work-life boundaries; flexible working time arrangements; friendship; time crunch; work-life balance |
| Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Leadership, Work and Organisations |
| ISI Impact: | 0 |
| Item ID: | 8514 |
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| Depositing User: | Devika Mohan |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2012 07:43 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2022 00:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/8514 |
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