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Race against time: Extended hours in Australia

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  • Peetz, D
  • Townsend, K
  • Russell, B
  • Houghton, C
  • Allan, C
  • Fox, A

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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 that employees were not compensated for extra hours worked, though in a minority of instances they were 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, those 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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  • Peetz, D & Townsend, K & Russell, B & Houghton, C & Allan, C & Fox, A, 2003. "Race against time: Extended hours in Australia," Australian Bulletin of Labour, National Institute of Labour Studies, vol. 29(2), pages 126-142.
    • Handle: RePEc:fli:journl:27718
    Note: Peetz, D., Townsend, K., Russell, B., Houghton, C., Allan, C., Fox, A., 2003. Race against time: Extended hours in Australia. Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 126-142
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    1. Cowling, Marc, 2007. "Still At Work? An empirical test of competing theories of long hours culture," MPRA Paper 1614, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Mark Wooden & Robert Drago, 2007. "The Changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2007n19, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
    3. Joan Sorribes & Dolors Celma & Esther Martínez‐Garcia, 2021. "Sustainable human resources management in crisis contexts: Interaction of socially responsible labour practices for the wellbeing of employees," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(2), pages 936-952, March.
    4. Eva Padrosa & Francesc Belvis & Joan Benach & Mireia Julià, 2021. "Measuring precarious employment in the European Working Conditions Survey: psychometric properties and construct validity in Spain," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 55(2), pages 543-562, April.

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