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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Published in:	Journal of Labor Research Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 359 - 389
Main Authors:	Kuroda, Sachiko, Yamamoto, Isamu
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2013
Subjects:	Europe Japan Working hours Peer relations Interprofessional relations Business cycles Employee relocation Executives
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