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Working Conditions of Retail Industry Workers in Hong Kong

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  • Fanny Y F Young

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This study investigated the relationship of working hour, work-life balance and mental health conditions in full-time retail industry workers in Hong Kong, an area without standard working hour legislation, in a follow up study during reduction in retail sales. Two questionnaire surveys were conducted, one in 2014 and the other one in 2015. Each survey comprised 100 retail industry workers in the same retail industry area in an anonymous basis. In 2014 the working hour was long (51.92 hours per week). During this reduction in retail sales there was a significant reduction in the originally long working hours (from 51.92 hours to 47.25 hours, p

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  • Fanny Y F Young, 2019. "Working Conditions of Retail Industry Workers in Hong Kong," Journal of Asian Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 5(2), pages 41-56, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:jad888:v:5:y:2019:i:2:p:41-56
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