Employee Reactions to the Four-Day Week

Samuelson P. E. , “Foreword,” in Poor R. , ed., 4 Days, 40 Hours (Cambridge, Mass.: Bursk and Poor Publishing, 1970), p. 7.

Hellriegel D. , “The Four-Day Workweek: A Review and Assessment,” MSU Business Topics (Spring 1972), p. 40.

Wheeler K. E. Gurman R. Tarnowieski D. , The Four-Day Week (New York: American Management Association, Inc., 1972).

A pioneering study in this area, but limited with respect to employee and organizational demographics, is that conducted by Steele and Poor in 1970; see Steele J. L. Poor R. , “Work and Leisure: The Reactions of People at 4-Day Firms,” in Poor , op. cit., pp. 105–122.

Hellriegel , op. cit., p. 43.

Kanter L. E. , “An Industrial Pioneer Rescued by the 4-Day Week,” in Poor , op. cit., pp. 39–46.

Steele Poor , op. cit., p. 111.

Wilson J. A. , “The Meaning of the 4-Day Week: Retreat from Work or Assent to Leisure?”, Pittsburg Business Review (March-April 1972), p. 3.

Seiler J. A. , Systems Analysis in Organizational Behavior (Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1967), p. 33.

Brayfield A. H. Rothe H. F. , “An Index of Job Satisfaction,” Journal of Applied Psychology (October 1959), pp. 307–311.

Ibid.

Kerlinger F. N. , Foundations of Behavioral Research (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964), pp. 544–553.