Beach Time, Bridge Time, and Billable Hours: The Temporal Structure of Technical Contracting

By James A. Evans, Gideon Kunda, Stephen R. Barley. 2004

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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The influence of family responsibilities, career fields and gender on career success (2008, background): “Within a sample of technical contractors, a majority worked longer hours and rarely scheduled their time in a flexible way despite conditions of new temporal flexibility and dynamics (Evans et al., 2004).”
When time is money: The effect of hourly payment on the evaluation of time (2007, background): “This result is highly consistent with Evans et al.’s (2004) Wnding that 86% to 91% of the hourly contractors in their study were economic evaluators of time—apprising time solely through a metric of economic value.”
Working on my own: Measuring the challenges of gig work (2021, background): “Indeed, despite the flexibility gig work promises, even highly paid gig workers may find lulls between contracts stressful and manage this stress by taking on extra work to try to safeguard against these periods (Evans et al., 2004).”
Examining the tensions in workplace flexibility and exploring options for new directions (2014, background): “This paradox purports that the more autonomy that employees have, the harder they work, the more hours they devote, and the more that organizations control their lives (Evans et al., 2004; Mazmanian et al., 2005; Michel, 2011).”
Hourly Payment and Volunteering: The Effect of Organizational Practices on Decisions About Time Use (2007, background): “Moreover, by being paid by the hour, “unlike salaried employees, contractors could put a precise value on every hour of the day—their hourly wage” (Evans et al., 2004: 21).”