Working Hours and Life Satisfaction: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Latin America and the United States

Valente, Rubia R.; Berry, Brian J. L.

doi:10.1007/s10902-015-9637-5

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“…As a result, the negative consequences of additional hours worked on a nonstandard schedule may be weaker as work hours during standard schedules are longer. Prior research has found that ‘workaholism,’ a cultural tendency to prioritize work over other activities and to emphasize overindulgence in work, are deep-seated in some cultures (Andreassen et al, 2010) and thus long work hours are associated with increases in happiness or life satisfaction (Okulicz-Kozaryn, 2011; Valente and Berry, 2016). A similar set of relationships between work hours, work schedules, and psychological status may exist in Korea.…”

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“…Recently, a growing number of studies have focused on individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB), including the relationship between work hours and SWB. Prior studies have consistently found that employment itself is positively related to SWB, because it provides a basis for social participation and engagement as well as a source of income (Robertson and Cooper, 2011; Rudolf, 2014; Valente and Berry, 2016). Focusing on the effect of work hours on SWB, most previous studies have suggested that long work hours have an adverse effect on SWB (Craig and Brown, 2017; Kleiner and Pavalko, 2010).…”

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Work hours, work schedules, and subjective well-being in Korea

Song

Lee

2020

International Sociology

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Korea is well known for long work hours. This study examined the effect of not only the total amount of working time but also work schedules on individuals’ subjective well-being in Korea. Drawing on the 2014 Korean Time Use Survey data, the authors selected currently employed people aged 19–65 and examined the effects of total work hours as well as work schedules on feeling rushed, feeling tired, and life satisfaction. Based on the ordered logistic regression analysis, long work hours were negatively related to subjective well-being regardless of work schedules. After adding an interaction between standard and nonstandard work schedules, the study found that while work hours during both standard and nonstandard schedules are associated with declines in psychological status, the negative effect of working time during nonstandard work schedules on subjective well-being is stronger as the work hours during standard schedules decrease.

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Work hours, work schedules, and subjective well-being in Korea

Song

Lee

2020

International Sociology

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“…The structure of workplaces has a direct effect on who is able to participate and how participation will appear (Taka and Foglia 1994;Sayer 1989). For example, an increase in hours in the standard working week has an enormous effect on workers' social and family life (Valente and Berry 2016). In some jobs it is not possible to work less than the average colleague; in others it is but people cannot stay competitive in the labour market if they opt to do so.…”

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Contributive Justice: An Exploration of a Wider Provision of Meaningful Work

Timmermann

2017

Soc Just Res

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Extreme inequality of opportunity leads to a number of social tensions, inefficiencies and injustices. One issue of increasing concern is the effect inequality is having on people's fair chances of attaining meaningful work, thus limiting opportunities to make a significant positive contribution to society and reducing the chances of living a flourishing life and developing their potential. On a global scale we can observe an increasingly uneven provision of meaningful work, raising a series of ethical concerns that need detailed examination. The aim of this article is to explore the potential of a normative framework based upon the idea of contributive justice to defend a fairer provision of meaningful work.

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“…While few studies have begun to explore the changes in work hours in developing countries, the results were not uniform. More researchers focus on India (19), Russia (20), and Latin America (21), while few studies focus on Chinese employees. As a typical large developing country, employees in China were suffering longer work hours and heavier workloads than those in Japan- the country which was once famous for long work hours (22), and the jargon, such as “karoshi (work to death)” also originated from Japan (23).…”

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Why Work Overtime? A Systematic Review on the Evolutionary Trend and Influencing Factors of Work Hours in China

Liu

Chen

Yang

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Front. Public Health

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Objectives: Research that examined changes in the laws in respect to work hours was of great importance for understanding its current status and causes. However, most research on work hours in China is still conducted using self-reported questionnaires, which lack coherence and depth, and are inadequate for exploring the evolutionary trend of work hours and its mechanism.Methods: This study examined the evolutionary trend of Chinese employees' work hours by employing a cross-temporal meta-analysis, and employed the entropy weight method to analyze each influencing factor. The China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP information and WanFang database were searched for Chinese-language peer-reviewed literature, and Google Scholar and the Web of Science were searched for related literature in the English language.Results: A total of 36 pieces of literature were identified as having satisfied the quality standards for screening. The results indicated that work hours in China show a significant fluctuating upward trend. Most of the recent studies on work hours in China were cross-provincial investigations, and the issue of overtime among migrant workers has become the key focus of current research. Most studies on the work hours of Chinese employees were conducted in a manner whereby scholars played a leading role while the government assisted. Thus, government-led, intensive and nationwide research needs to be launched.Conclusions: The issue of work hours in China should be taken seriously. The main influencing factors included survival indicators, such as labor market conditions and levels of medical security levels, followed by power-assisted indicators, such as personal income and distribution, while labor protection had a minimal impact. This study will contribute to a better understanding of the essence of work hours among Chinese employees, and will also help to provide a theoretical basis for further intervention study related to overtime work.

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Working Hours and Life Satisfaction: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Latin America and the United States

Cited by 37 publications

References 77 publications

Work hours, work schedules, and subjective well-being in Korea

Work hours, work schedules, and subjective well-being in Korea

Contributive Justice: An Exploration of a Wider Provision of Meaningful Work

Why Work Overtime? A Systematic Review on the Evolutionary Trend and Influencing Factors of Work Hours in China

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