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Should we work a 4-day workweek?

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Researchers

  • Dr. Chris Higgins

  • Dr. Steven Globerman

  • Dr. Karen Foster

Script Articles

1. Kost, Danielle. “You’re Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings.” HBS Working Knowledge, 14 Sept. 2020, hbswk.hbs.edu/item/you-re-right-you-are-working-longer-and-attending-more-meetings

2. Bird, Robert C., "Four-Day Work Week: Old Lessons, New Questions Symposium: Redefining Work: Implications of the Four-Day Work Week - The Four-Day Work Week: Views from the Ground" (2010). Connecticut Law Review. 66. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/law_review/66

3. OECD. “Average Annual Hours Actually Worked per Worker.” © OECD, 2021, stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS

4. Reynolds, Brie Weiler. “FlexJobs 2019 Annual Survey: Flexible Work Plays Big Role in Job Choices.” FlexJobs Job Search Tips and Blog, 13 Aug. 2019, www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/survey-flexible-work-job-choices/

5. “The Four-Day Week.” White Paper, 2019, 4dayweek.com/four-day-week-trial

6. Alderman, Liz. “In Sweden, an Experiment Turns Shorter Workdays Into Bigger Gains.” The New York Times, 24 May 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/business/international/in-sweden-an-experiment-turns-shorter-workdays-into-bigger-gains.html

7. Chappell, Bill. “4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers’ Productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan Says.” NPR, 4 Nov. 2019, choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/776163853/microsoft-japan-says-4-day-workweek-boosted-workers-productivity-by-40

8. Agovino, Theresa. “The Phenomenon of the Four-Day Workweek.” SHRM, 23 June 2020, www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/all-things-work/pages/four-day-workweek.aspx

9. Patil, Anjuli. “This Nova Scotia Municipality Is Trying Out a 4-Day Work Week.” CBC, 12 June 2020, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/municipality-guysborough-4-day-work-week-1.5609703

10.  Harrop, Sarah. “Economics of a Four-Day Working Week: Research Shows It Can Save Businesses Money.” University of Reading, 14 Nov. 2019, research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/economics-of-a-four-day-working-week-research-shows-it-can-save-businesses-money

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