Working Time and Workers' Preferences in Industrialized Countries: Finding the Balance (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy) - Hardcover

Messenger, Jon C.

 
9780415701082: Working Time and Workers' Preferences in Industrialized Countries: Finding the Balance (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415701082 ISBN 13: 9780415701082
Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

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 working time has given way to a diversification and individualization in working hours as employers have responded to the competitive pressures of globalization by requiring that productivity be enhanced through changes in working-time schedules.

As we enter the new century, a common goal has emerged: the removal or liberaliZation of restrictions on unsocial hours and on the variation of working hours. This books draws together an international team of contributors to examine the process.

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About the Author

Jon . Messenger is a Senior Researcher with the International Labour Office (ILO), Switzerland.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415701082
ISBN 13 
9780415701082
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256

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