Long Working Hours in Korea: Based on the 2014 Korean Working Conditions Survey

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 343-346

  Park, Jungsun ^a   Kim, Yangho ^b   Han, Boyoung ^c  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

employee; employer; Korea; self employed; working hours

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; LAW; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

EID: 85023609440     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.05.002     Document Type: Article

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