Do Peers Affect Determination of Work Hours? Evidence Based on Unique Employee Data from Global Japanese Firms in Europe.

By using a unique dataset on managerial-level employees who were transferred from Japan to European branches of the same global firms, we examine what would happen to work hours when a worker moves from a long-hour-working country to relatively shorter-hour countries. Even after controlling for busi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Labor Research Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 359 - 389
Autores principales: Kuroda, Sachiko, Yamamoto, Isamu
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2013
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          Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1, Nishiwaseda, Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo 169-8050 Japan
          Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, 2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8345 Japan
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