Working Hour Changes and Leisure Time Institutionalization Process in Taiwan

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the changes in working hours in Taiwanese society that have been a result of different processes as compared to the West and to discuss the social meanings that might be a result, especially the relationship between work and leisure. This paper presents the changing process in Taiwanese society as it has moved from a traditional agricultural society to a new capitalism in recent decades while the society has experienced shifts in working hours that exhibit value-transfer and time-redistribution phenomenon. The value of work and leisure and work hour changes are also discussed in this paper.