Introductory Sociology

Bilton, Tony; Bonnett, Kevin; Jones, Pip; Skinner, David B.; Stanworth, Michelle; Webster, Andrew R.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-14741-0

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“…Alternatively, supervisors may be reluctant to allow homeworkers greater flexibility because of ontological security, which refers to a stable ‘mental state derived from a sense of continuity and order in events’ (Bilton et al ., 1996: 665). Supervisors may be more comfortable adhering to work patterns established prior to the introduction of homeworking.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Homeworking: negotiating the psychological contract

Collins

Cartwright

Hislop

2012

Human Res Mgmt Journal

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This article explores the psychological contract of female clerical homeworkers who work from home full‐time and are employed at a local authority. Qualitative interviews were carried out with homeworkers and their supervisors. Temporal flexibility was desired by all the homeworkers in order to achieve a better work–life balance, and was deemed important by women without children as well as those with childcare responsibilities. Our findings highlight that homeworkers were able to negotiate their own idiosyncratic deals with line managers in order to attain their desired levels of temporal flexibility. However, the issue of flexibility remains ambiguous with some supervisory staff being more comfortable with the concept than others, leading to some homeworkers enjoying different levels of temporal flexibility than their co‐workers. Our findings suggest that employees perceive flexibility idiosyncratic deals of co‐workers as fair as long as they achieve their own personal levels of temporal flexibility. The potential implications for organisations are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Homeworking: negotiating the psychological contract

Collins

Cartwright

Hislop

2012

Human Res Mgmt Journal

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“…What is meant by "modernity" in this study is based on an overview of research conducted by scholars who worked specifically on the notion of modernity in connection with globalization (e.g., Bilton 1996;Flowerdew 2002;Giddens 1990;Hall 1996;Hall, Held & McLennan 1996;McGrew 1996aMcGrew , 1996bO'Brien, Penna & Hay 1999;Robertson 1992;Waters 1995). Hall et al (1996:432) argue that "the direct result of increasing globalization is a sense of variety of values and customs and people become more attached to their locality as the appropriate forum for self-assertion" (emphasis added).…”

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confidence: 99%

Linguistic constructions of modernity: English mixing in Korean television commercials

Lee¹

2006

Lang. Soc.

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A B S T R A C TThis study investigates the construction of linguistic modernity via English mixing in the discourse of Korean television commercials. Specifically, it is concerned with Korean-English bilinguals' linguistic construction of modernity as realized in three domains of advertising: technology, gender roles, and taste as a cultural form. Four hours of commercials were video-taped in Seoul, South Korea, during weekend prime time from August through October 2002. A total of 720 advertising spots were analyzed. The findings suggest that mixing English with Korean is a linguistic mechanism for the construction of modernity in contemporary South Korea. It is argued that knowledge and use of English in South Korea is a defining linguistic expression of modernity, and the conspicuous total absence of English is linguistically disassociated from modernity. (Modernity, advertising, English and globalization, South Korea)* I N T R O D U C T I O NEnglish mixing in non-English-language advertising is one research area that has received increasing attention lately (

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“…This time period was chosen as the funding for the project for that year had been reduced to half‐time and the hospital audit committee had requested an evaluation of whether this audit needed to be continuous. Staff were informed that the audit had stopped and were blinded to re‐commencement of the audit for 2 months of data collection, in an effort to measure any ‘Hawthorne’ effect (Bilton et al . 1983).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%