Long hours at work: are they dangerous and do people consent to them?

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 307-310

  Savery, Lawson K ^a   Luks, J Alan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Illness; Overtime; Stress; Work related injury; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097697     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010372831     Document Type: Article

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