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d, 1998; Green- wald, 1998; Saltzstein, Ting, and Saltzstein, 2001). Yet despite the popularity of flextime, accumulating evidence suggests that no more than a quarter of all eligible employ- ees take advantage of the offering (Galinsky, Bond, and Fried- man, 1993; Bond, Galinsky, and Swanberg, 1998; Eaton, 2000; Mead et al., 2000; Golden, 2001; Blair-Loy and Whar- ton, 2002). Employees are even less likely to use other pro- grams that support greater temporal flexibility, such as the option to work from home or take maternity or paternity leave (Bond, Galinsky, and Swanberg, 1998; O’Mahony and Barley, 1999; Mead et al., 2000). The discrepancy between employees’ professed desire for greater flexibility and their relatively low rates of using flex- time has puzzled researchers and policy makers. Some ana- lysts maintain that the gap simply indicates that people are unable to afford time off from work because of debt, low salaries, and norms of consumption (Schor, 1991). Most researc