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Working Overtime in East Asia: Convergence or Divergence?

Ming-Chang TsaiResearch Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michio NittaDepartment of Business, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Sang-Wook KimDepartment of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Weidong WangDepartment of Sociology, Renmin University, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
Pages 700-722 | Published online: 07 Mar 2016

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