Long Work Hours Culture: Causes, Consequences and Choices

by Cary L. Cooper and Ronald J. Burke

Work hours has become a 'hot topic'. This volume examines the effects of work hours on individual, family and organizational health. It considers why some people work long hours and the potential costs and benefits of this investment. Some work long hours out of necessity, others willingly. Interestingly, most people, however, want to work fewer hours than they now do. One's motives for working long hours (the why) and one's attitudes and behaviours...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848550383
• ISBN13: 9781848550384
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.5"