Purpose – The purpose of this short paper is to introduce the special issue and outline its major themes. Design/methodology/approach – The control‐resistance literatures are described, and the necessity for field‐led empirical accounts is amplified, as a precursor to introducing the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the extent of the implementation of annual hours working in Britain and its impact upon employers, organisations and employees. Design/methodology/approach – The paper deploys secondary data and sources to establish an overview of the salient issues....

Purpose – The purpose of this short paper is to introduce the special issue and outline its major themes. Design/methodology/approach – The control-resistance literatures are described, and the necessity for field-led empirical accounts is amplified, as a precursor to introducing the...