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Post-Fordist work: a man's world? Gender and working overtime in the Netherlands
There is debate about whether the post-Fordist or high-performance work organization
can overcome the disadvantages women encounter in traditional gendered organizations.
Some authors argue that substituting a performance logic for control by the clock offers
opportunities for combining work and family life in a more natural way. Critics respond
that these organizational reforms do not address the nonresponsibility of firms for caring
duties at a more fundamental level. The authors address this debate through an analysis
of overtime work, using data from a survey of 1,114 employees in 30 Dutch organizations.
The findings reveal that post-Fordist work is associated with more overtime hours than
traditional forms of work and that far from challenging gendered organization, it reproduces
and exacerbates the traditional male model of work.