African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4198

Full Length Research Paper

Determinants of unpaid overtime: Exploring this phenomenon from the perspective of the embeddedness theory

Tseng, Fang-Tai
Institute of Business and Management, National Chiao Tung University, 118 Chung-Hsiao W. Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, 100, R. O. C.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 15 June 2011
  •  Published: 28 December 2011

Abstract

 

This paper attempts to be the pioneer literature review for unpaid overtime and further suggest an integrative framework for better understanding. The author begins the research with a simple question: is unpaid overtime an organizational driven behavior or a self-serving behavior? After reviewing the contradictory research results from Europe and Japan, the author applies the embeddedness theory to make up for the theoretical gaps and create twelve determinants to illustrate the complicated nature of unpaid overtime.

 

Key words: Unpaid overtime, embeddedness theory, human capital theory, signaling theory.