Abstract
Abstract In this paper it is suggested that data on working hours in different countries may not be comparable. Apart from technical difficulties related to the collection and recording of data, there are cultural differences in the perception of time and these also affect the way we interpret working time and free time. Cultural analysis of working time in Japan and Finland is especially interesting since the two countries represent extremes in both the length of working time and in time perception. Japan has some of the longest working hours in industrialized countries, and represents a polychronic time orientation, although it has also successfully applied monochronic time in certain fields such as international business and technology. Finland, on the other hand, has very short working hours and is an extremely monochronic time-oriented culture.
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