People acquire ways of thinking about time partly in and from work organizations, where the control and measurement of time use is a prominent feature of modern management--an inevitable consequence of employees selling their time for money. In this paper, we theorize about the role...

The common heuristic association between scarcity and value implies that more valuable things appear scarcer (King, Hicks, & Abdelkhalik, 2009), an effect we show applies to time. In a series of studies we find that both income and wealth, which affect the economic value of time, influence...

We examine how the practice of accounting for one's time--so that work can be billed or charged to specific clients or projects--affects the decision to allocate time to volunteer activities. Using longitudinal data collected from law students transitioning to their first jobs, Study 1 showed...

We argue that the strength of the relationship between income and happiness can be influenced by exposure to organizational practices, such as being paid by the hour, that promote an economic evaluation of time use. Using cross-sectional data from the US, two studies found that income was more...

Recent research shows that hourly payment affects decisions about time use in ways that disfavor uncompensated activities such as volunteering. This paper extends that argument by showing that the activation of money and economics as aspects of a person's self-concept is one mechanism possibly...

The authors investigate how the amount and source of income affects the importance placed on money. Using a longitudinal analysis of the British Household Panel Survey and evidence from two laboratory experiments, they found that larger amounts of money received for labor were associated with...

Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors examine how individuals' employment compensation - salaried or hourly - affects their decisions to trade time for money. Results indicate that there is a positive association between hourly wages and a desire to...

Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors examine how individuals' employment compensation—salaried or hourly—affects their decisions to trade time for money. Results indicate that there is a positive association between hourly wages and a desire...

Despite the well‐documented benefits of flexible work schedules (flextime), generalizable assessments of how flextime influences organizational profitability have proven elusive. Using a unique data set representative of organizations in Canada, we examine the effect of flextime in combination...