Abstract (EN)

The application of the reduction of working time (ARTT) constitutes a factor of development on a large scale for both individuals and organisations in French firms. This research attempts to improve our understanding of the ARTT agreements and to evaluate their impacts on the development of organisations, on attitudes and on behaviour at work ; particularly as regards the implications for working time and non-working time. The methodology is based on a study of a single case using both quantitative and qualitative methods (interviews and questionnaires) : The statistics approach enables us to measure and to analyse changes which appeared within individual behaviour undergoing the reduction of working time ; The method of those interviews complements and highlights these statistics results. The field studied is a large insurance company in West of France where more than 1,200 employees have been working 35 hours since Spring 1999.