Finding Time : : How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices / / Leslie Perlow.
Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Leslie A. Perlow documents the worklife of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended hours on the job. Perlo...
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