EAN: 9783790821840

COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF OPERATING HOURS AND WOR...

This volume is the second book based on comparative and comprehensive data from the 2003
representative European Union Company survey of Operating hours  Working times and Employment
(EUCOWE) in France  Germany  the Netherlands  Portugal  Spain and the United Kingdom. The
EUCOWE project is the first representative and standardised European company survey which
covers all categories of firm sizes and all sectors of the economy. This volume complements and
builds on the first book published in 2007  in which the methodology and the descriptive
national findings as well as some first comparative analytical results were presented. In this
second book the EUCOWE research team presents in-depth cross-country analyses of the
relationship between operating hours  working times and employment in the European Union. Six
empirical chapters of this volume provide detailed comparative analyses of the determinants and
consequences of the duration and flexibility of opening hours and operating times. TOC:Topics
for Comparative Research on Operating Hours in the EU.- Flexible Working Patterns and Factor
Utilisation: A Cross-country Comparison.- Operating Hours in the EU: the Role of Strategy 
Structure and Context.- Exploring Terra Incognita - Operating Hours in the Service Sector.-
Small and Medium-sized Establishments in Europe: Operating Hours and Working Time Patterns.-
Patterns of Flexibility in Domestic and Foreign Enterprises.- Capacity Utilisation  Working
Time and the Quality of Work.

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