Meanings
plural jobdays · alternative job day
- A day of the week, or regular portion of the day (typically 8 hours), during which one is on the job/at work
As the joblife becomes a smaller percentage of one's life cycle, as the jobyear, the jobweek, maybe even the jobday become smaller, ...
1974, Carroll J. Bourg, “Work and/or Job in Advanced Industrialized Societies”, in Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 57(1): 113-225 - A measure of time required to do a particular job or set of tasks
Jobdays are used in other projects that call for closer monitoring.
1990, Robert L. Kimmons, Project Management Basics: A Step by Step Approach, CRC Press, page 471 more example
The variable jobday probably measures the extent to which different jobs are allocated among different staff members.
1982, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Nursing Unit Organization: Its Effects on Staff Professionalism, UMI Research Press, published 1982, page 49
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