IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/ecoind/v35y2014i2p245-266.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The end of the normal working day? A study of change in Irish, Norwegian and Swedish banking

Author

Listed:
  • Heidi Nicolaisen

    (Fafo – Institute for Labour and Social Research, Norway)

Abstract

Since 1980 debates about the regulation of working time have been characterized by demands for flexibility and deregulation. This article looks at how the regulation of the normal working day has changed during the last 30 years and examines how these regulative changes interplay with new work practices. Based on theories on institutional change the article compares the development in working time regulations in the banking sector in three countries, Norway, Ireland and Sweden. Although the majority of the regulations remain intact, they have become considerably more flexible in all three countries. The normal working day is most weakened in Ireland, but it is also undermined in the two Nordic countries. New rules, practices and ideas result in more unsocial hours working, which increasingly remains uncompensated. These similarities across the countries are uncovered because of a research design that allows for examination of institutional change at a detailed level over a long period of time.

Suggested Citation

  • Heidi Nicolaisen, 2014. "The end of the normal working day? A study of change in Irish, Norwegian and Swedish banking," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 35(2), pages 245-266, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:35:y:2014:i:2:p:245-266
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X12475243
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143831X12475243
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0143831X12475243?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:35:y:2014:i:2:p:245-266. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.ekhist.uu.se/english.htm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.