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The cost of cutting hours: How government regulation can stifle productivity and competitiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Yannick Griep ,
William G. Obenauer Open the ORCID record for William G. Obenauer [Opens in a new window]  and
Wieke Knol
Yannick Griep*
Affiliation:
Samergo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
William G. Obenauer
Affiliation:
Maine Business School, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Wieke Knol
Affiliation:
Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Corresponding author: Yannick Griep; Email: ygriep@gmail.com
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 80 - 83
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