Time Work: Customizing Temporal Experience

The literature on agency neglects temporality; the literature on temporality neglects agency. This paper integrates these largely separate lines of research with the concept "time work," which is defined as individual or interpersonal efforts to create or suppress particular kinds of tempo...

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Published in:Social psychology quarterly 2003-03, Vol.66 (1), p.17-33
Main Author: Flaherty, Michael G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agency
Agency and Structure
Analytic induction
Attention
Behavior. Attitude
Behaviorism
Biological and medical sciences
Clocks & watches
Cognition. Intelligence
Cultural reproduction
Environment
Exercise
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Induction
Interpersonal Relationship
Literary criticism
Logic
Mathematical sequences
Mead, George Herbert (1863-1931)
Mental stimulation
Morphemes
Phenomenology
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reproduction
Resistance (Psychology)
Schutz, Alfred (1899-1959)
Self
Self determination
Social Action
Social interaction
Social networks
Social psychology
Social Reproduction
Social Theories
Sovereignty
Spatial perception. Time perception
Stimuli
Subversive activities
T shirts
Temporality
Time
Time perception
Time use
Time Utilization
Timing
Work
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Summary:The literature on agency neglects temporality; the literature on temporality neglects agency. This paper integrates these largely separate lines of research with the concept "time work," which is defined as individual or interpersonal efforts to create or suppress particular kinds of temporal experience. Semistructured, open-ended interviews were conducted with 398 subjects, who were asked to describe ways in which they engage in time work. Analytic induction yielded five themes: in descending order of prevalence, the subjects reported efforts to control or manipulate duration, frequency, sequence, timing, and allocation. The variety and prevalence of time work suggests the sovereignty of self-determination; for the most part, however, time work contributes to cultural reproduction.
ISSN:0190-2725
1939-8999
DOI:10.2307/3090138