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Citation link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/952
HenningerGottschall_2007_Freelancers in Germany's Old and New Media Industry_PDFA.pdf
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Freelancers in Germany's Old and New Media Industry: Beyond Standard Patterns of Work and Life?


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Authors: Henninger, Annette 
Gottschall, Karin  
Abstract: 
The paper addresses potential changes in the patterns of work and private life among free-lancers in Germany’s media industry (journalists, designers, software developers). In the first step, we analyze how freelance workers have been integrated into Germany’s regulations for the labor market. Our analysis points to important differences between the professional groups. In a second step, we ask whether freelancers in the German media industry fit the picture of workaholics. Our interviews with freelancers show that only a minority has thor-oughly blurred the boundaries between work and life, while most others still draw a clear line between the two. Findings on partnerships reveal that structurally equal dual-earner ar-rangements are widespread, but are not the only type of gender arrangement. An important group opts for structurally specialized arrangements based on traditional as well as reversed gender roles. In the final discussion we assess to what extent German trends in the changing patterns of work and life converge with those in the US and in the UK.
Keywords: Gender; work; work-life-balance; regulation; labor markets; media industry
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2007
Journal/Edited collection: Critical Sociology 
Start page: 43
End page: 71
Note: 1-2
Band: 33
Type: Artikel/Aufsatz
ISSN: 0896-9205
DOI: 10.26092/elib/952
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib51558
Institution: Universität Bremen 
Faculty: Fachbereich 08: Sozialwissenschaften (FB 08) 
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