Working-time options over the life course: new challenges to German companies in times of crisis

Abstract: "The significance of life-course oriented approaches to working-time organisation is heightened in the current context of demographic change and profound transformations in the system of gainful employment and employment biographies. The aim of these approaches is to create new and better ways for employees to adapt their working time to their changing needs over the life course to have time for providing care and nursing, and for recreation and further education. This paper uses empirical examples of long-term or working-life time accounts to examine whether and under which conditions these approaches are actually implemented in company practice. It also outlines new risks and challenges raised by the recent economic crisis. First, current demands regarding the organisation of working time are outlined and new approaches to life-course oriented working-time policy are presented. The opportunities and restrictions associated with individual options for the organisation of the worki

Object Details

• Alternative title: Arbeitszeitoptionen im Lebensverlauf: neue Herausforderungen für deutsche Unternehmen in Krisenzeiten
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 18 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Bildung, Arbeit und Lebenschancen, Abteilung Ausbildung und Arbeitsmarkt ; Bd. 2010-502

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Arbeitszeitgestaltung ; Flexible Arbeitszeit ; Lebenslauf ; Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2010
• Creator: Wotschack, Philip
• Contributor: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-258934
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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