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- September 28, 2021
- Editorial
A Guide to Implementing the 4-Day Workweek
By: A.V. Whillans and Charlotte Lockhart
As organizations continue to explore a variety of flexible work options, one promising avenue is the four-day workweek: The standard 40 hours per week is reduced to 32 hours, with the same pay and the same productivity expectations. Research suggests reducing hours can... View Details
Keywords: Workweek; Stress; Employees; Health; Performance Productivity; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Whillans, A.V., and Charlotte Lockhart. "A Guide to Implementing the 4-Day Workweek." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 28, 2021).
- 06 Aug 2021
- News
Productivity, balance and the four-day workweek
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
Google’s three-day workweek plan raises questions
- 22 Feb 2023
- News
World's Largest 4-Day Workweek Trial Proves To Be A Success
- 06 Jul 2012
- News
It's Sick How Close We're Getting To A 24/7 Workweek
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Real Effects of Fair Workweek Laws on Work Schedules: Evidence from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia
By: Caleb Kwon and Ananth Raman
Effective in eight jurisdictions and banned in four, Fair Workweek Laws (FWL) aim to increase the predictability and stability of work schedules. Among other requirements, these laws penalize employers for unilaterally adjusting work schedules without providing some... View Details
Kwon, Caleb, and Ananth Raman. "The Real Effects of Fair Workweek Laws on Work Schedules: Evidence from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia." Working Paper, October 2023.
- 22 Apr 2022
- News
What if the Optimal Workweek Is Two Days in the Office, Not Three?
- 04 May 2013
- News
The Future of Work
- 06 Apr 2021
- Video
A Simple Strategy for Happiness
- 31 Jul 2021
- News
Is a Four-Day Week the Future of Work?
- 2012
- Book
Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and... View Details
Keywords: Time Management; Internet and the Web; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Globalized Firms and Management; Service Industry
Perlow, Leslie A. Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
while the partners are able to more than double the percentage of revenue brought to the bottom line. The decision in the case has to do with how best to go to a four-day workweek with three-day weekends and paid vacations for everyone.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
in his late 40s at the time, and, as the head of a prominent thinktank, was putting in 80-hour workweeks and basking in his role at the center of policy debates. He thought it would be interesting to write an academic journal article... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
and life sciences) for the majority of my career. I am comfortable not being the smartest person and, frankly, I enjoy it. —Michael Voevodsky (MBA 1992) There’s More to Life Than a 160-hour Workweek I do not remember a time when I did not... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
ideal solution, according to a new working paper, might be a compromise: Hybrid schedules in which employees roughly split their workweeks between the home and office appear to work best. These schedules allow for the right mix of... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand