Tulevia konferenssiesityksiä

The 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA)
25-28 August 2015, Prague, the Czech Republic


Pasi Pyöriä & Satu Ojala
Working 24/7? Evidence from the Finnish Time Use Survey, 1979-2010

This study draws on Finnish time use data spanning the past three decades (1979-2010), with a focus on the prevalence of wage and salary earners’ work at different locations, namely at the employer’s facilities, at home, outside the home or the main place of work, and on the move. The diary data (N = 13,277) depicts respondents’ time budgets in ten-minute intervals around the clock. According to the results, work practices have remained surprisingly conventional. Although the absolute time spent at the respondents’ main place of work has been decreasing, the vast majority of employees still work at their employer’s facilities during conventional business hours, lending no support to the 24/7 society thesis. However, during a standard working week, alternating between different business facilities has become more common than before, pointing to the growing importance of distributed work arrangements.