Shorter Working Week - With Special Reference to the Two-Shift System

List of contents

1. The Reason for a Reduction in the Hours of Work 2. Rationalisation 3. The Weekly Hours Now Worked 4. The Two-Shift System 5. The Two-Shift System in Continuous Operation 6. The Two-Shift System in Intermittent Operation 7. The opinions of the Workers and Others on the Two-Shift System 8. The Problem of Leisure; Index

About the author

H. M. Vernon

Summary

In 1931 the International Association for Social Progress decided to undertake an enquiry concerning the effects of a shorter working week on unemployment and productivity. This title, first published in 1934, provides an analysis of information obtained through the author’s private research on the subject.

Product details

• Authors: H. M. Vernon, Vernon H. M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138288409
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28840-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management; Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Business & Economics / General, Economics, Society & culture: general, Organizational theory & behaviour, Personnel & human resources management, Sociology: work & labour, Society and culture: general, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General