April 2019
Beginner
272 pages
3h 58m
English
book
HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance
by Harvard Business Review, Stewart D. Friedman, Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Peter Bregman, Daisy Wademan Dowling
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CHAPTER 20
The Difference Between Workaholics and Working Long Hours
by Lieke ten Brummelhuis and Nancy P. Rothbard
Hanna, a finance director at an international home care retailer, works long hours. She’s usually in the office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but at home, when her three children go to sleep, she’ll work another four hours, not closing her laptop until midnight. She sometimes also works on weekends. But even though she works 60 to 65 hours per week, she told us that she can “switch off” when she needs to, and that she still feels energetic every day. She hasn’t had to worry about her health.
Michael, the director of strategy for an American insurance company, does not work as much as Hanna. His workdays usually start at 8 a.m. and finish ...
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