Economic Inequality Drives Longer Work Hours.

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• Alternative Title:
  Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2025, v. 18, no. 1: Economic Inequality Drives Longer Work Hours.
• Journal Article:
  Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Personal Author:
  Shoss, Mindy ; Behrend, Tara
• Description:
  Why do individuals in industrialized, wealthy nations, such as the United States, still work long hours, contrary to Keynes' famous prediction that the balance of work and leisure would eventually shift to leisure? The focal article's authors presented a variety of potential explanations, ranging from societal norms and values to individuals' financial need and personal work values. Allan and Alliger argue that the reasons for long work hours differ among higher and lower status individuals, such that personal fulfillment, greed, and occupational norms drive behavior for those who do not necessarily "need" the incremental pay that would come from incremental work hours (i.e., the higher class) whereas lower class individuals are more dependent on the incremental income that comes from additional hours worked.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Workload
• Source:
  Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2025, v. 18, no. 1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2024.79
• ISSN:
  1754-9426 ; 1754-9434
• Pubmed ID:
  40162065
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11951339
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  T42 OH008438/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  58-61 (4 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261544/cdc_261544_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 43.49 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:33e9bb59bb2beba2a92b8560e2034b8395cfbc19924a16d47e6da850c8da160867fb25bfb3f5b01e619f2629da58c13ad22dd5be8dce46fe279a716ae4ae1d9b