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Flexible friends? Flexible working time arrangements, blurred work-life boundaries and friendship

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  • Vivi Bach Pedersen
  • Suzan Lewis

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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 characterized 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.

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  • Vivi Bach Pedersen & Suzan Lewis, 2012. "Flexible friends? Flexible working time arrangements, blurred work-life boundaries and friendship," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 26(3), pages 464-480, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:26:y:2012:i:3:p:464-480
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    1. Süß, Stefan & Sayah, Shiva, 2013. "Balance between work and life: A qualitative study of German contract workers," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 250-262.
    2. Ruhle, Sascha & Süß, Stefan, 2019. "Editorial: Workplace Flexibility," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 30(1), pages 1-4.
    3. Krista Lynn Minnotte & Michael C. Minnotte & Krista Thompson, 2016. "The Life Satisfaction of Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers: Does Flexible Scheduling Matter?," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 17(6), pages 2365-2388, December.

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