Employee-friendly labour time: a key element to a sustainable pattern of production and consumption

Groezinger, Gerd; Matiaske, Wenzel; Tobsch, Verena

doi:10.1504/ijpp.2010.032302

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“…However, these work hours do not seem to reflect employees' wishes. Research shows that many people would like to reduce their work hours (e.g., Destatis, 2010;Golden & Gebreselassie, 2007;Groezinger et al, 2010;Reynolds & Aletraris, 2010). For example, a survey shows that in Europe around 30% of employees indicate that they would like to work fewer hours.…”

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Between desirability and reality : conceptualization, measurement, causes, and consequences of overemployment

Hiemer¹

2022

Personalmanagement Und Arbeits- Und Organisationspsychologie

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Overemployment, i.e., the preference for fewer work hours, is a widespread phenomenon in western societies, which may have negative consequences for individual well-being and organizational functioning. Previously overemployment has been defi ned from an economic perspective mainly as a time-money trade-off problem. This work is the first to adopt a psychological and subjectivist view on overemployment. Over three research projects a theory of overemployment, its causes and consequences is constructed and tested. In addition, a multidimensional overemployment scale is developed and initially validated. The three research projects include: fi rst, a review on overemployment conceptualizations and measurements; second, a Grounded Theory interview study with the aim to develop a theory on overemployment, its causes, and consequences; and third, a scale development study comprising over 1,400 participants over 4 studies. The importance of overemployment for individual well-being (e.g., burnout, job satisfaction), as well as for organizational variables (e.g., commitment, turnover intention) is shown. Overemployment is found to be a multidimensional construct consisting of three dimensions: length, density, and distribution of work time. The developed theory and scale will allow future researchers to analyze overemployment in more detail. The work offers interesting insights for HR and management practitioners when it comes to creating attractive working conditions.

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Between desirability and reality : conceptualization, measurement, causes, and consequences of overemployment

Hiemer¹

2022

Personalmanagement Und Arbeits- Und Organisationspsychologie

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“…These are our categories (see Table 2). The first category is the preference to work less (25% of articles) where overemployment is defined as a state in which employees work longer than preferred or wish to 2000, Golden (1996), Golden (2009), Golden (2016), Golden and Gebreselassie (2007), Golden and Figart (2000), Kuroda and Yamamoto (2013), Matta (2015), Osorno and Acosta (2007), Pagan (2017), Ramirez (1998), Sousa-Poza and Henneberger 2002 2013a Three articles were not coded, as no clear definition of overemployment was given (Bell, 1998;Groezinger et al, 2010;Kahn and Lang, 1995).…”

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When less time is preferred: An analysis of the conceptualization and measurement of overemployment

Hiemer

Andresen

2019

Time & Society

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Socioeconomic panel data indicate that numerous employees would prefer to work less, i.e. that they are overemployed. However, due to inconsistent definitions and divergent operationalizations of overemployment, integrating existing research results is challenging and implications for research and practice are difficult to draw. To advance research in this field, we present an analysis of the concept and measurement of overemployment. To analyze the concept, we proceed in two steps. In step 1, we present the range of overemployment definitions in the literature and systematize the similarities and differences in these previous conceptualizations with the aim of arriving at an adequate definition of “overemployment.” In step 2, in view of the partial overlap between existing definitions of overemployment and other concepts used in past research, we demarcate overemployment from related concepts, identify conceptual distinctions between overemployment and other concepts and explore connections between concepts. To analyze the measurement of overemployment, we look at the bandwidth of content, measurement levels and question wording in overemployment measures and discuss the consequences of the different measures used for the overemployment rates found. We then present a consistent approach towards conceptualizing and measuring overemployment which aids future research on overemployment and similar concepts.

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“…Resistance is partly attributable to the fact that people are locked into fixed consumption routines and are disinclined to favour less time in compensated employment (and the lower income that would result). Interestingly, though, there is evidence that preferences change when attention is focused on the future rather than the present (Schor, 2005;Grözinger et al, 2010). Another serious obstacle is that trade unions in most OECD countries have experienced significant decline and particularly in the United States organized labour has been rendered mostly irrelevant in all but a few sectors (Arnowitz, 2015;Geoghegan, 2016).…”

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From worktime reduction to a post-work future: Implications for sustainable consumption governance

Cohen¹

2019

A Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption Governance

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Employee-friendly labour time: a key element to a sustainable pattern of production and consumption

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Between desirability and reality : conceptualization, measurement, causes, and consequences of overemployment

Between desirability and reality : conceptualization, measurement, causes, and consequences of overemployment

When less time is preferred: An analysis of the conceptualization and measurement of overemployment

From worktime reduction to a post-work future: Implications for sustainable consumption governance

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