Win-Win Human Resource Strategies for Working-Hours Reduction
Published: 2012
Author(s) Name: Fang-Tai Tseng
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Abstract
The present study illustrates a
framework for successful working-
hours reduction in the field
of management. The author identifies
three types of workinghours
reductions: the tradeunion-
led reduction, the government-
led reduction, and the company-
led reduction, and focuses
on the government-led one,
which brings in a huge managerial
challenge for employers. As
a conclusion, the study proposes
a compensative strategy package,
composed of an organization’s
change strategies (workinghours
arrangement, work process
improvement, and work ethics
change) and wages in the status
quo policy, to help employers
overcome the impact on labour
costs and productivity. Four
propositions are proposed for
further studies.
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