An institutionalist approach to work time: is labor truly irksome?

Title: An institutionalist approach to work time: is labor truly irksome?
Creator: LaJeunesse, Robert M.
Relation: The Institutionalist Tradition in Labor Economics p. 159-175
Relation: http://www.mesharpe.com/mall/resultsa.asp?Title=The+Institutionalist+Tradition+in+Labor+Economics
Publisher: ME Sharpe
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2004
Description: The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how the institutionalist view of human behavior and the related critique of the neoclassical labor market elucidate our understanding of the societal division of labor. After reviewing the behavioral assumptions of neoclassical theory, the institutionalist view of human behavior is presented. This view focuses on Veblen's contention that labor is not irksome and that neoclassical theory is subverted by the realization that humankind possesses an instinct for workmanship. The institutionalist method is then used to comment on the inability of both workers and employers to obtain optimal work hours. In an effort to anticipate the future of work time, the analysis concludes with an examination of the history of work hours and current work time trends.
Subject: labour; work hours; work trends; institutionalism; human behaviour
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/803587
Identifier: uon:6444
Identifier: ISBN:0765612860
Language: eng

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