Abstract

Abstract Multidisciplinary research indicates a broad range of Bio/Psycho/Social/Cultural variables determine one's perception of time. This article focuses on the relationship between culture and time perception and its significance for social work practice. Review of anthropological and ethnographic study shows time perception relates to what is meaningful for a culture and its conception of space, its place in the economic and social system, how it sees time's passage, and its experience with oppression. In the current era of managed care, the structures, dimensions, and theories of social work and other worker's practice reflect the time perceptions of the majority culture and may not respond to those of various other cultures. Development of cultural dimensions of time perception enables consideration of their influence for social work practice.

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