Post-Fordist work: a man's world? Gender and working overtime in the Netherlands

There is debate about whether the post-Fordist or high-performance work organization can overcome the disadvantages women encounter in traditional gendered organizations. Some authors argue that substituting a performance logic for control by the clock offers opportunities for combining work and family life in a more natural way. Critics respond that these organizational reforms do not address the nonresponsibility of firms for caring duties at a more fundamental level. The authors address this debate through an analysis of overtime work, using data from a survey of 1,114 employees in 30 Dutch... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Echtelt, Patricia
Glebbeek, Arie
Lewis, Suzan
Lindenberg, Siegwart
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Reihe/Periodikum: Van Echtelt , P , Glebbeek , A , Lewis , S & Lindenberg , S 2009 , ' Post-Fordist work: a man's world? Gender and working overtime in the Netherlands ' , Gender & Society , vol. 23 , no. 2 , pp. 188-214 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243208331320
Schlagwörter: gendered organizations / flexibility / post-Fordist work / working hours / HIGH-PERFORMANCE / TIME / FAMILY / COMMITMENT / CULTURE / LABOR
Sprache: Englisch
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There is debate about whether the post-Fordist or high-performance work organization can overcome the disadvantages women encounter in traditional gendered organizations. Some authors argue that substituting a performance logic for control by the clock offers opportunities for combining work and family life in a more natural way. Critics respond that these organizational reforms do not address the nonresponsibility of firms for caring duties at a more fundamental level. The authors address this debate through an analysis of overtime work, using data from a survey of 1,114 employees in 30 Dutch organizations. The findings reveal that post-Fordist work is associated with more overtime hours than traditional forms of work and that far from challenging gendered organization, it reproduces and exacerbates the traditional male model of work.