Reference : Valuing Creativity, Feeling Overworked and Working Hours: Male Workers and the New Sp...
Scientific journals : Article
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/36325
Valuing Creativity, Feeling Overworked and Working Hours: Male Workers and the New Spirit of Capitalism
English
Samuel, Robin mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Kanji, Shireen []
2020
Time & Society
SAGE Publications
29
1
51-73
Yes
International
0961-463X
[en] Creativity ; Overwork ; Working Hours ; Innovation ; Managers
[en] Boltanski and Chiapello argued that creativity is a required attribute of managers emanating from the ideology of the ‘New Spirit of Capitalism’. Ideology provides the justification for work practices and brings material consequences in relation to the experience of time. This article explores both the ideology and the links between the ideological and the experience of time by assessing whether male managers prioritise creativity and whether this is related to their working hours, driving them to work longer hours than other workers and longer hours than they actually want. Men’s dominant position in work organisations puts them at the centre of this exploration. Using multilevel logistic and linear models on 2010 data from the European Social Survey (N = 7049), we show that male managers prioritise creativity more than other workers do. There are consequences for the experience of time as valuing creativity in combination with being a manager increases working hours above the large and significant effect of being a manager. The feeling of overwork is raised independently for those who value creativity and for those who are managers.
Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/36325
10.1177/0961463X18820730
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961463X18820730

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