Working Time and Workers' Preferences in Industrialized Countries
Finding the Balance
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Human Resources & Personnel Management
| Author: | Jon C. Messenger | ISBN: | 9781135993313 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 9, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jon C. Messenger |
| ISBN: | 9781135993313 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | September 9, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
The gradual reduction in weekly working hours in the first half of the last century, which culminated in the widespread adoption of the 'standard' working week by the 1960s, was grounded in a concern for health and safety and for the preservation of time outside of paid labour.Over the last few decades, however, this progressive standardization of
The gradual reduction in weekly working hours in the first half of the last century, which culminated in the widespread adoption of the 'standard' working week by the 1960s, was grounded in a concern for health and safety and for the preservation of time outside of paid labour.Over the last few decades, however, this progressive standardization of
