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Cross-cultural differences between Japan and US contributed to the attitude toward long working hours, that is, the acceptance of the reduction of working hours. US people seem to be more acceptable to the reduction of long working hours than Japanese people, although both countries have gradually accepted and recognized that the reduction of working hours will eventually lead to high efficiency. Based on scarcity and slack relation, it is reasonable to think that scarce state with less slack in workplaces is not necessarily resolved by increasing manpower or working hour of each worker. This scarcity and slack relationship is more acceptable to US people who tend to be more tolerant to the reduction of working hours.
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Murata, A., Doi, T. (2020). Attitude Toward Long Working Hours from the Perspectives of Cross-Cultural Difference of Viewing Things and Scarcity-Slack Relation. In: Karwowski, W., Goonetilleke, R., Xiong, S., Goossens, R., Murata, A. (eds) Advances in Physical, Social & Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1215. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_67
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