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  • Race Against Time: Extended Hours in Australia

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    Peetz, David
    Townsend, Keith
    Russell, Bob
    Houghton, Chris
    Allan, Cameron
    Fox, Andrea
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Allan, Cameron R.
    Houghton, Chris C.
    Peetz, David R.
    Russell, Bob
    Townsend, Keith J.
    Year published
    2003
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    Abstract
    Drawing on qualitative and survey research in a number of organisations, we report on some of the causes and effects of extended working hours. Extended hours were mostly employer-driven, where workplace regulation of hours was weak so employees were not compensated for extra hours worked, though in a minority of instances it was jointly driven by employers and employees who benefited from overtime pay. Workplace culture was important in shaping extended hours. Employees internalised pressure to work long hours, so that without adequate say on their workload, employees with higher say in their working hours tended to work ...
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    Drawing on qualitative and survey research in a number of organisations, we report on some of the causes and effects of extended working hours. Extended hours were mostly employer-driven, where workplace regulation of hours was weak so employees were not compensated for extra hours worked, though in a minority of instances it was jointly driven by employers and employees who benefited from overtime pay. Workplace culture was important in shaping extended hours. Employees internalised pressure to work long hours, so that without adequate say on their workload, employees with higher say in their working hours tended to work longer hours. Yet many full-time employees were working more hours than they wanted, and there was strong support for an upper limit on hours. Such a limit failed in implementation, however, where there was no enforcement mechanism and a minority were willing to circumvent it.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume
    29
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Australian+Bulletin+of+Labour-p2332
    Copyright Statement
    © 2003 Australian Bulletin of Labour. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Applied Economics
    Business and Management
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/6503
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