From Gods to Goddesses

John Leopold, Luchien Karsten and David Alis
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David Alis: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Flexibility in working time arrangements may lead toheterogeneity of working-time patterns. Drawing on the societal perspective, we consider three interrelated spheres of: professional relations, organisational, and domestic space. Greek mythology assists us to contrast chrono management and Horai management. Case analyses of France, The UK, and The Netherlands are presented within the context of EU Directives. By introducing Horai management we try to find an expression for the dialectical interplay between the temporalities of the home and the workplace, while including developments in the wider societal context. Horai management helps us reach beyond the logic of time-economy to improve the co-ordination of multiple temporalities.

Keywords: Working Time; France; Netherlands; UK; Horai-management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-04-01
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Published in Time & Society, 2006, 15 (1), pp. 81-104

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