Compulsory reduced working time in Belarus: Incidence, operation and consequences
Danilovich, Hanna 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9911-1290, Croucher, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-734X and Makovskaya, Natalia
(2017)
Compulsory reduced working time in Belarus: Incidence, operation and consequences.
Economic and Industrial Democracy, 38
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pp. 723-740.
ISSN 0143-831X
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(doi:10.1177/0143831X15586071)
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Abstract
This article examines compulsory reduced working time (CRWT) in five Belarusian factories, to assess its impact on employment relationships and evaluate arguments about ‘Soviet legacies’ and labour ‘patience’. Local use of CRWT increased between 2001 and 2012, and took a form more inimical to worker interests, thereby differing from official macro statistics. Managers expressed discontent at being pushed by state policy to use CRWT, but used it as a disciplinary tool. Workers perceived worsening work relationships and threats of collective response were in evidence. Arguments about ‘Soviet legacies’ and labour’s ‘patience’ therefore currently appear inappropriate.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | first published on June 11, 2015 |
| Research Areas: | A. > Business School |
| Item ID: | 18744 |
| Notes on copyright: | Gold OA paid for. |
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| Depositing User: | Hanna Danilovich |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2016 10:55 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 20:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/18744 |
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