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Economic inequality drives longer work hours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Mindy Shoss Open the ORCID record for Mindy Shoss [Opens in a new window]  and
Tara Behrend
Mindy Shoss*
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Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Tara Behrend
Affiliation:
School of Human Resources & Labor Relations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Corresponding author: Mindy Shoss; Email: [email protected]
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 58 - 61
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