Relation of working period to output

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ABSTRACT THE production drive in Great Britain which started a month ago has led to a very great extension of working hours throughout industry. We would urge that this matter should receive the attention of scientists for the following reasons. It is necessary that a scientific attitude should be maintained towards the relation between hours of work and productivity of factory labour; it was established by experience during the War of 1914–18 that increased hours of work did not in all circumstances lead to greater production. Scientific workers as well as factory hands in industry and in Government service are also being asked to work longer hours, and it is uncertain what holidays will be granted. SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS REVISITING THE ‘FLEXIBILITY PARADOX’: DEGREE OF WORK SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY AND TIME USE PATTERNS ACROSS GENDER AND OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS Article Open access 06 November 2023 WORK STRESS, HEALTH AND WELLBEING: EVIDENCE FROM THE OLDER ADULTS LABOR MARKET IN INDIA Article Open access 16 June 2022 HYBRID WORKING FROM HOME IMPROVES RETENTION WITHOUT DAMAGING PERFORMANCE Article Open access 12 June 2024 ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Association of Scientific Workers, 30 Bedford Row, London, W.C.1 W. A. WOOSTER Authors * W. A. WOOSTER View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE WOOSTER, W. Relation of Working Period to Output. _Nature_ 145, 1024 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451024a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 29 June 1940 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1451024a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT THE production drive in Great Britain which started a month ago has led to a very great extension of working hours throughout industry. We would urge that this matter should receive


the attention of scientists for the following reasons. It is necessary that a scientific attitude should be maintained towards the relation between hours of work and productivity of factory


labour; it was established by experience during the War of 1914–18 that increased hours of work did not in all circumstances lead to greater production. Scientific workers as well as


factory hands in industry and in Government service are also being asked to work longer hours, and it is uncertain what holidays will be granted. SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS


REVISITING THE ‘FLEXIBILITY PARADOX’: DEGREE OF WORK SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY AND TIME USE PATTERNS ACROSS GENDER AND OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS Article Open access 06 November 2023 WORK STRESS, HEALTH


AND WELLBEING: EVIDENCE FROM THE OLDER ADULTS LABOR MARKET IN INDIA Article Open access 16 June 2022 HYBRID WORKING FROM HOME IMPROVES RETENTION WITHOUT DAMAGING PERFORMANCE Article Open


access 12 June 2024 ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Association of Scientific Workers, 30 Bedford Row, London, W.C.1 W. A. WOOSTER Authors * W. A. WOOSTER View


author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE WOOSTER, W. Relation of


Working Period to Output. _Nature_ 145, 1024 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451024a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 29 June 1940 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1451024a0 SHARE THIS


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