The Decline of Saint Monday 1766–1876

Reid, Douglas A.

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“…(Bridges, 1996). Thus, this transition and the governance of working practices by clock-time was contested by workers, and control over time had to be wrested from workers by employers (Thompson, 1967;Reid, 1976). With the passage of time, governing work by clock-time became a common practice and a definite working-day became a standard associated with many jobs.…”

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“…Just as the change in working practices had to be wrested from the workers bý the employers (Thompson, 1967;Reid, 1976), the reversal -employees drawing concessions from employers -is a reflection of the greater power of individuals in the post-industrial era. Intellectual capital, contained in individuals, is shifting power towards individuals, just as assets of the capitalists in the industrial era had shifted power in their direction.…”

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Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Nadeem

Hendry²

2003

Women in Management Review

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This paper focuses on the possibilities of the long‐term development of flexible working as a work‐life policy, through understanding the power dynamics between the individual and the organisation. The study presents a framework which summarises the factors influencing the employee‐employer power dynamics, and leads us to the research questions. The methodology involves triangulation in case studies in two organisations based on surveys of representative samples in each organisation (n = 243 and n = 128) and interviews with the management. Findings support the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working. There is a strong desire, and a lack of polarisation of attitudes, among employees for greater flexibility. Certain employee groups with stronger negotiating power have initiated the work‐life debate, but in doing so, they have increased the power of all employees through lowering ideological barriers, and creating knowledge of new possibilities and aspirations. Favourable external pressures and changing business needs also improve the position of employees.

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Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Nadeem

Hendry²

2003

Women in Management Review

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“…Firstly, certainly in England, the availability of labour for the newly industrialising cities needed to be predictable, day-by-day, week-by-week. The 'messier' pre-industrial seasonal fairs and the unofficial day off, St Monday, (Reid, 1976(Reid, , 1996, were subjected to legislation, in favour of a more rationalised and synchronised timescape. This gradual nudging into a 5 + 2 weekly rhythm established, until recently, a hegemonic temporal and spatial 'grid' in the industrialising West.…”

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“…Firstly, the nascent weekend can be seen as part of the rationalisation of the industrial working week and attendant 'time off', making the production of spaces and times by social actors a more knowable entity for the institutions of the emergent state, of religion and those of capital. This newly 'gridded' timespace rendered incompatible the perceived 'indiscipline' of St Monday (an unofficial Monday holiday (Reid, 1976(Reid, , 1996 as well as the traditional and often seasonal fairs and festivals, with industrial capitalism. Secondly, and perhaps paradoxically, the weekend has become a powerful imaginary for both capital (consumption) and individual actors (spaces of desire).…”

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Working at the weekend: supermarket and shopping centre workers in Salford/Manchester (UK) and Porto (Portugal)

Ebrey

Cruz²

2014

Leisure Studies

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This paper firstly discusses the origins and importance of 'the weekend' in the 'industrial' cities of Manchester (UK) and Porto (Portugal). Drawing on previous work specifically focused on this subject, it examines the spatio-temporal shifts evident during the industrial revolution, which produced a more 'disciplined' labour process. Work and leisure were, thereafter, constituted as separate domains, the weekend being a designated leisure time and space. We consider the more recent temporal shift, generated through the processes of flexibilisation, which, we argue, renders 'the weekend' as we understand it, under threat. We discuss this through the presentation and analysis of testimony from workers, those working in a supermarket in Salford/Manchester and in shopping centres in Porto. Our conversations, in the form of semi-structured interviews, with workers in these locations led us to questions of 'social time' and whether there is any longer, recognition of 'time for ourselves'.

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“…Often Monday was spent at the ale-house, this was not a problem when work was conducted on the putting-out basis because the workers were able to make up the time later in the week [Reid, 1976;Thompson, 1967]. Thompson places until the middle of the nineteenth century [Reid, 1976;Thompson, 1967].…”

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Inscribing the workers: an experiment in factory discipline or the inculcation of manners?

Williams

1997

Accounting History

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The establishment of the factory system during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution created a demand for labour. Labour that was unused to the confines and rigours of factory life. In an attempt to encourage punctuality and conscientiousness the industrialists of the late eighteenth century resorted to a number of practices designed to encourage their employees to give up their old habits and take on a new rhythm of life tied to the demands of the factory. At the same time, the guiding principle of improvement of product and factors of production led many industrialists to devote considerable energy to improving their human capital. Samuel Oldknow was one of these industrialists and this paper is concerned with his attempts to exert discipline through the surveillance and recording of the behaviour and output of his employees.

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The Decline of Saint Monday 1766–1876

Cited by 145 publications

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Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Power dynamics in the long‐term development of employee‐friendly flexible working

Working at the weekend: supermarket and shopping centre workers in Salford/Manchester (UK) and Porto (Portugal)

Inscribing the workers: an experiment in factory discipline or the inculcation of manners?

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