ABSTRACT
The major benefit of a diary approach is that people can better examine process of temporal friction as it occurs. There are obvious shortcomings in these analyses that are worth mentioning. First, we only assessed one type of nonstandard schedule weekend work. It would be interesting to assess temporal friction with evening and late-night work as well. Second, nonstandard work has a variety of potential consequences including individual health and well-being. The impacts of sleep disruption, mood, and physical symptoms not only affect the worker but have implications for the quality of family life. Finally, these analyses did not assess the social demography of the effects of weekend work. Presser's chapter shows that single mothers may be at most risk for the effects of a nonstandard schedule. In order to better understand families in a 24/7 economy, we need address both how and for whom temporal frictions occur.
