The Flexibility Paradox Why Flexible Working Leads to Self Exploitation 1st Edition by Heejung Chung ISBN 9781447354772 144735477X

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ISBN 10: 144735477X
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Author: Heejung Chung

The Flexibility Paradox Why Flexible Working Leads to Self Exploitation 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Introduction: The flexibility paradox and contexts

Introduction

The contexts

Contexts of the increase in flexible working

Increase in female employment and demand for better work-life balance

Developments in digital technologies

Commuting, and office and travel costs

COVID-19

Contexts of self-exploitation

Always-on culture

Insecurity

Work-centred society

Passion

The book

Flexibility paradox

Background

Outline of the book

How to read this book

Quick word on methodologies

The take-home message

Notes

2 The demand for and trends in flexible working

Introduction

What is flexible working?

Definitions

Flexibility as an arrangement or an approach?

The demand for and provisions of flexible working

The demand for flexible working

Government response to the demand for flexible working to date

European Commission directive on work-life balance

UK

The Netherlands

Italy

Finland

Australia

Korea

Empirical data on the use and provision of flexible working

Provision of flexitime across Europe11

Access to flexible working

Has there been a growth in flexible working?

Conclusion

Notes

3 The dual nature of flexibility: family-friendly or performance-oriented logic?

Introduction

The dual nature of flexible working

Flexible working as a family-friendly arrangement

Flexible working as a high-performance management system

Theories on the determinants of flexible working provision and access

Principle of need/family-friendly demands

Principle of equity/expected performance outcome

Higher status

Bargaining power

Structural factors

Empirical data analysis results

Provision of flexitime – company-level analysis

Access to flexitime/working time autonomy – individual-level analysis

Outside Europe

Conclusion

Notes

4 The outcomes of flexible working

Introduction

Summaries of existing studies

Performance outcomes

Workers’ well-being

Work-life balance

Enhancing employment of mothers and carers

Work-life balance satisfaction

Empirical analysis results

Data and variables

Conclusion

Notes

5 The flexibility paradox: why more freedom at work leads to more work

Introduction

Theories behind the flexibility paradox

Gift exchange, enabled and imposed intensification

Self-exploitation

Organisational culture and self-exploitation

Entreprenurialisation of self and careers

Subjectification of self

Manifestations of the paradox: passion at work as the basis for self-exploitation

Passion

Busyness as a badge of honour

Passion paradox

Millennial burnout

Conclusion

Notes

6 The empirical evidence of the flexibility paradox

Introduction

Evidence of flexible working and longer working hours

Association between flexible working and long hours of work

Flexible working leading to long hours of work

Flexible working, mental spill-over and additional work effort

Differences across groups of individuals

Gender and parental status

Occupational variations

Arrangement variations?

Conclusion

Note

7 Gendered flexibility paradox

Introduction

Background context of the gendered nature of the flexibility paradox

Subjectification of self and the family

Intensive parenting

Intensive mothering and gender norms

Gendered flexibility paradox

Flexible working and the expansion of unpaid work

Empirical evidence of the gendered flexibility paradox

Exploitation model and traditionalisation of gender roles through flexible working

Class variations or arrangement variations?

Gendered nature of flexible working and access to flexible working

Conclusion

Notes

8 Flexibility stigma and the rewards of flexible working

Introduction

Flexibility stigma and its prevalence

Defining flexibility stigma

Prevalence of flexibility stigma

Flexibility stigma and gender

Femininity stigma

Rethinking the gendered stigma

Evidence of the gendered flexibility stigma

Conclusion

9 The importance of contexts

Introduction

Which contexts matter?

Work centrality

Gender norms

Family and social policy

Workers’ bargaining powers

Economic and labour market conditions

Prevalence of flexible working

Empirical evidence of the impact of national contexts

Provision of flexible working2

Use and access to flexible working

Flexibility stigma

Outcomes of flexible working4

Conclusion

Notes

10 COVID-19 and flexible working

Introduction

COVID-19 context

COVID-19 global context

COVID-19 context in the UK

Flexible working during the pandemic

The prevalence of working from home during the pandemic

Changing the perception towards flexible working

Managers’ perception

Employees’ perception

Outcomes of flexible working during the pandemic

Long-hours work

Blurring of boundaries

Reduction of hours

The division of household labour and childcare

Conclusion

Notes

11 Conclusion: Where do we go from here?

Introduction

Future scenarios of flexible working

Are we going to see a rise in flexible working?

Will flexible working be accessible for everyone in the future?

Will flexible working help tackle gender equality in the future?

What are the implications of flexible working on workers’ well-being?

What do we need to do? Policy recommendations for governments

Better rights and protection for flexible workers

Reshaping normative views around work-life balance and gender

Changing the long working hours culture

Recommendations for companies and managers13

Redefining productivity and KPIs

Ensuring a clearer boundary between work and non-work spheres

Removing the stigma around flexible working for care purposes

Recommendations for individuals and families

Maintaining clear boundaries

Gender division and housework, childcare

Doing less

Conclusion

Notes

Data used

European Company Survey 2013

European Working Conditions Survey 2015

Variables: European Working Conditions Survey

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Flexitime, working time autonomy and schedule control

Teleworking/home working

Work-to-family, family-to-work conflict variables

Spill-over, work during free time variable

Work-family conflict index for Chapter 9

Control variables; access to and use of flexible working models

Control variables; work-family conflict models

Appendix Figures and Tables

Appendix to Chapter 3

Appendix to Chapter 4

Appendix to Chapter 6

Appendix to Chapter 9

Appendix to Chapter 10

COVID-19 data sets

UK

US

Canada

Australia

The Netherlands

Germany

Cross-European

Appendix

Data used

European Company Survey 2013

European Working Conditions Survey 2015

Variables: European Working Conditions Survey

Flexitime, working time autonomy and schedule control

Teleworking/home working

Work-to-family, family-to-work conflict variables

Spill-over, work during free time variable

Work-family conflict index for Chapter 9

Control variables; access to and use of flexible working models

Control variables; work-family conflict models

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