IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES: PARTICIPATION AND JOB REDESIGN AS CRITICAL FACTORS FOR EMPLOYEE ACCEPTANCE
作者:
JANINA C. LATACK,
LAWRENCE W. FOSTER,
期刊:
Personnel Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 38,
issue 1
页码: 75-92
ISSN:0031-5826
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1111/j.1744-6570.1985.tb00542.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
This paper summarizes the empirical evidence on compressed work weeks and analyzes the effects of an implementation of a three‐day/ thirty‐eight hour (3/38) work schedule among information systems personnel (N= 84). Data showed that eighteen months after implementation, 3/38 employees still strongly favor the compressed schedule. Those most likely to express favorable attitudes towards the schedule were employees who had participated in the decision to implement 3/38, those whose jobs had been enriched by the schedule change, and those with strong higher order needs. Fatigue did not appear to be a problem. The data also suggest substantial organizational payoffs including reductions in sick time, overtime, and personal leave t
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