How long? The historical, economic and cultural factors behind working hours and overwork

Research Companion To Working Time And Work Addiction

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 36-60

  Golden, Lonnie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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