%0 Journal Article
%T The Autonomy Paradox: How Night Work Undermines Subjective Well
%A Andrey Shevchuk
%A Denis Strebkov
%A Shannon N. Davis
%J ILR Review
%@ 2162-271X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0019793918767114
%X Nonstandard work schedules have important consequences for workers in the new economy. Using unique data on the work times of Internet-based freelancers, specifically, self-employed professionals participating in a Russian-language online labor market (N = 4,280), the authors find that working at night has adverse effects on workers¡¯ subjective well-being as measured by satisfaction with work¨Clife balance, life satisfaction, and emotional exhaustion. Night work has differential effects on freelancers¡¯ well-being based on gender, partnership status, and caregiving responsibilities. Highlighting the autonomy paradox, the authors¡¯ findings document how freelancers¡¯ discretionary application of a flexible schedule to work at night consequently undermines their well-being
%K nonstandard employment
%K freelancers
%K working time
%K flexible schedules
%K work¨Clife balance
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0019793918767114