I Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland anfører analyserne af tidsstrukturerne for skifteholdsarbejdere og natholdsarbejdere (MUNSTERMANN & PREISER 1968, BIELENSKI-STRICH & VOLKHOL 1980, HARTWICH: RIEGER 1981), at den manglende fleksibilitet i livsmønstret i det sociale miljø (åbningstider i butikker og offentlige etablissementer) er hovedårsagen til, at denne kategori af lønmodtagere er udelukket fra det almindelige selskabsliv. Dette bringer en forskningsretning på bane, som synes at vinde frem i Tyskland: forbedringen af livskvaliteten Page 80
In Federal Germany the analyses of time structures specific to shiftworkers or night workers (MUNSTERMANN & PREISER 1968, BIELENSKI-STRICH & VOLKHOL 1980, HARTWICH & RIEGER 1981) cite the rigidity of the life pattern in the social environment (hours of opening of shops and public amenities) as the major reason for the exclusion of this category of wage-earners from normal social life. This brings into view a line of research which seems to be gaining in importance in Federal Germany: improvement of the quality of life outside working hours is beng thought of less in terms of increased material consumption than of the consumption of time by wage-earners who agree to work at unsocial hours, so as to give them more equal access to community facilities and services. This must imply a more fundamental restructuring of the whole of the social system. Page 80