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- Title
Working‐time preferences among women: Challenging assumptions on underemployment, work centrality and work–life balance.
- Authors
LAMOLLA, Laura; FOLGUERA‐I‐BELLMUNT, Conxita; FERNÁNDEZ‐I‐MARÍN, Xavier
- Abstract
This article examines the working‐time preferences of women working 20‐hour weeks, on different, stable schedules, in manufacturing jobs. The authors conducted qualitative and quantitative research to identify worker profiles based on these women's working‐time preferences and the reasons for them. Their findings add nuance to previous research by highlighting that: (1) some, but not all, of these employees can be considered underemployed; (2) working 20 hours a week does not equate to low work centrality and is compatible with working hours being experienced as meaningful; (3) some part‐time women workers want to keep time for non‐caring, non‐working activities despite earning a low salary.
- Subjects
WORK-life balance; WORKING hours; UNDEREMPLOYMENT; WORKWEEK; CENTRALITY; WOMEN employees; TIMEKEEPING
- Publication
International Labour Review, 2021, Vol 160, Issue 3, p431
- ISSN
0020-7780
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ilr.12193