A Desire for 9 to 5: Australians' Preference for a Standard Working Week

Wanrooy, Brigid van

doi:10.1080/10301763.2007.10669352

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“…In Australia, the longest average work hours are observed in blue-collar, traditionally male industries, including construction (Van Wanrooy, 2007). Lingard and Francis (2004) report that the average number of hours worked each week is 63 among site-based employees in direct construction activity, 56 hours among employees who worked mostly in the site office and 49 among employees in the head office of construction companies.…”

Section: Work Hours In the Construction Industrymentioning

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The rhythms of project life: a longitudinal analysis of work hours and work–life experiences in construction

Lingard

Francis

Turner

2010

Construction Management and Economics

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A diary data collection method was used to collect data from project-based construction workers in a large civil engineering construction project in Melbourne, Australia. Data capturing the number of hours worked, satisfaction with work-life balance and capacity to complete required tasks at work and at home were collected for 21 consecutive weeks. A strong correlation was found between hours worked each week and participants' work-life experiences. Data were subjected to time series modelling procedures and weekly work hours were found to significantly predict participants' capacity to complete tasks at work and at home, but not their satisfaction with work-life balance. The impact of work leading up to a major project milestone was found to increase the predictive capacity of the time series models, indicating that project events have a significant impact upon the work-life experiences of project-based workers. The period of intense work prior to the milestone (the opening of a new ramp on to an operating freeway) contributed significantly to an immediate reduction in capacity to complete tasks at home. Further time series modelling revealed that recovery opportunities associated with workers taking a short, temporary break from work can also contribute to improved work-life balance. It is proposed that construction organizations use the naturally fluctuating workloads implicit in project work to 'build' recovery opportunities into project schedules.

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Section: Work Hours In the Construction Industrymentioning

confidence: 98%

The rhythms of project life: a longitudinal analysis of work hours and work–life experiences in construction

Lingard

Francis

Turner

2010

Construction Management and Economics

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“…This section also includes papers that deal with the incidence of alternative work arrangements such as part-time work, temporary work, the casualisation of the workforce, and flexible work arrangements. Authors agree that such changes to the way work is structured are commonplace in both Australia and New Zealand (de Bruin and Dupuis 2004;van Wanrooy 2007).…”

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A review of work--life research in Australia and New Zealand

Bardoel

Cieri

Santos

2008

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

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As many organisations and employees seek ways to better manage the tensions between work and other life demands, there has been a growing body of research in the area of work—family conflict and work—life issues. Despite the recent surge in research and practice addressing work—life issues, there has been no comprehensive review identifying where Australia and New Zealand stand in terms of work—life research. This paper addresses this issue with a review of research conducted in Australia and New Zealand between 2004 and 2007. Our review identifies the major themes and research methods that have dominated this research and discusses the implications for future research, policy and management in this field.

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“…Employed parents may also desire more stability and security in their roles (e.g., Hochschild, 1997;van Wanrooy, 2007) and rely more heavily on work and nonwork resources (Duxbury & Higgins, 2005;Glass & Estes, 1997;Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985;ten Brummelhuis & Bakker, 2012;Voydanoff, 2005). Because dual-income couples' work days are now tethered to one another through their children, decision-making at this life stage is likely to involve much more consideration of family and a new level of interdependence.…”

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Family Identity and Daily Decision-Making at the Work-Family Interface: A Couple-Level Study.

Cluley¹,

Hecht²

2017

Proceedings

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This qualitative study uses a grounded theory approach to examine work-family decision-making at the couple-level. It focuses on answering two questions: (1) How do couples develop and enact work-family routines and make non-routine decisions? And, (2) What is the role of identity construal in the way couples carry out their daily work-family responsibilities? By focusing on daily (or micro-role) experiences, I learned that daily work-family decisions are indeed made at the couple-level and that there are three types of daily work-family decisions, including decisions about work-family routines, decisions about immediate, unanticipated changes to routines and decisions about anticipated, scheduled events. Anchoring decisions made by couples over time create the context for decision-making for all three types of daily decisions. In terms of how couples make daily decisions at the work-family interface, I found that they consider multiple cues, including situational cues from their work and family contexts, activities cues, cues from their routines, cues from their relationships with one another, and cues related to family and parenting role expectations, but that the cues to which they attend and the processes for making sense of them varies by the type of decision and the type of couple making the decision. Overall, my analysis of daily decisions revealed that these decisions are made in a manner consistent with a logic of appropriateness, which involves situational recognition and enactment of appropriate behavioral rules. These rules emanate from family role construals. Couples can be classified according to differences in their family role construals and each couple type uses different appropriateness rules, and thus tends to favour different choices for both anchoring and daily decisions. From a practical perspective, the results of this study have implications for couples looking for better strategies to meet their work and family responsibilities and for supervisors looking for better ways to support employees' efforts in carrying out their various roles. Theoretically, this research complements past work-family research, which has predominately focused on individual-level models and the negative aspects of combining personal roles with iv paid work. Also, it extends applications of identity theory in work-family science by broadening our understanding about the role of identity construals in work-family decisions.

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A Desire for 9 to 5: Australians' Preference for a Standard Working Week

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

The rhythms of project life: a longitudinal analysis of work hours and work–life experiences in construction

The rhythms of project life: a longitudinal analysis of work hours and work–life experiences in construction

A review of work--life research in Australia and New Zealand

Family Identity and Daily Decision-Making at the Work-Family Interface: A Couple-Level Study.

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