Time Perspective and Social Structure

Coser, Lewis A.; Coser, Rose Laub

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“…First, previous empirical research has focused predominately on time and culture (Graham, 1981;Hall, 1983;Usunier, 1991;Anderson and Venkatesan, 1994;Brodowsky and Anderson, 2000) and, to a limited extent, on time and subculture (Coser and Coser, 1963;Henry, 1965;Weis, 1997); this analysis continues the research on time and subcultures, and positions it in a consumer behavior context. Second, as organizations continue to gear up in targeting gay consumers (Duecy, 2005;Gunther, 2006;Vence, 2006), they need guidance on how to approach this segment.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Although many have studied cross-cultural time differences, fewer have studied how being a member of a subcultural group may influence social time concepts, perceptions and attitudes. Examples include the study of colored people's time compared to that of white people (Henry, 1965;Weis, 1997) and the time horizons of Chicanos compared to those of Anglos (Coser and Coser, 1963).…”

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The Best of Times is Now

2008

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Although researchers have found that cognitive temporal structures differ across cultures, few have studied the cognitive temporal structures of subcultures within them — and in a consumer behavior context. Integrating the literature on time, culture and consumer behavior, this study empirically tests for variations in time perceptions between the dominant heterosexual culture and the gay subculture. Results indicate that there may be socio-cultural elements of a subculture that produce variation in a subculture's temporal cognitive structure. Compared to heterosexuals, gays are more present-oriented. This finding is then applied to predict differences in consumer behavior.

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The Best of Times is Now

2008

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“…In other words, there are fewer granted necessities, or "functional units," as in life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies, against which to project efficiency considerations. There is also an important, long-standing sociological tradition pointing out that rational decisions of time allocation are also conditioned by various regulating institutions, as well as by cultural and social norms (Sorokin and Merton 1990;Coser and Coser 1963;Cross 1993). Framed by these psychological and sociological explanations, time use as a phenomenon is thus not a mere reflection of available technology, but rather gains a status that is independent of the technologies that are being used.…”

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“…Anthropologists (e.g., Sorokin and Merton 1990;Coser and Coser 1963), historians (Thompson 1974;Cross 1993), and economists (Becker 1965;Linder 1970) have a long tradition of focus on time and temporality as a social phenomenon. For the current purpose, the work of Linder is especially relevant, in that he compellingly predicts that labor productivity growth will increase the value of time and that material goods will be increasingly used and consumed to save time.…”

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The Everyday Life Context of Increasing Energy Demands: Time Use Survey Data in a Decomposition Analysis

Jalas¹

2005

J of Industrial Ecology

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SummaryIndustrial ecologists have modeled with precision the material foundations of industrial systems, but given less attention to the demand for products and the drivers of structural changes in these systems. This article suggests that time use data complement data on monetary expenditure and can be used to elucidate the everyday life context in which the changes in the economy take place. It builds upon the claim that goods are not direct sources of utility, but enter specific household activities as inputs. A second argument for the proposed approach is that it can be used to introduce and foster human agency in analyses of production systems. The article uses Finnish time use survey data, consumption expenditure data, and data on the sectoral energy intensities of financial output in the Finnish economy. First, a measure of the energy intensity of activities is derived by relating consumer time use and the required direct and indirect energy requirements. Second, the results include a decomposition of changes in the energy requirements of private consumption in Finland during the 1990s. It is shown that although the same activities on average require increasing energy inputs per unit of time, Finns have simultaneously changed the structure of their everyday life toward less energy-intensive activities.

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“…Thus, lecturers try to define the best ways of dealing with possible unexpected events by orientating their action according to a plan, which implies an ascetic way of managing time. In fact, this ascetic conduct regarding the 'sacrifice of the present in the service of the future' (Coser and Coser, 1963) often consists of programming time in order to eliminate probable confrontations between events that may threaten time availability. We cannot overlook the fact that the dispensation period, as well as the PhD, is permeated by plans mixed with wishful thinking concerning individual and family life after completion of the doctorate.…”

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Understanding the PhD as a Phase in Time

Araújo

2005

Time & Society

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The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to the analysis of the time spent on researching and preparing a PhD thesis and its conceptualization as a ‘phase’. Prior research on PhD experiences used time to explain the doctorate in terms of the different lengths of time involved when comparing different disciplines and scientific areas of study (Bourdieu, 1983; Atkinson, 2000). To date, the PhD has not been considered as a genuine time experience. I intend to do so by bearing in mind the insights provided by time sociology frameworks. Thus, in this article it is assumed that respondents’ understanding of their PhD time as ‘a phase’ translates a deep experience of liminality, in which they understand themselves on the one hand as belonging simultaneously to a ‘now’ and a ‘then’ and, on the other, as being located in a linear temporal structure. In the light of the findings, it is suggested that the phase may be viewed as a key concept for theorizing the temporality of PhD experience

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