Increasing work-time influence: consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability

被引:14
作者
Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten [1 ]
Garde, Anne Helene [2 ]
Aust, Birgit [2 ]
Diderichsen, Finn [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Copenhagen, Dept Publ Hlth, Sect Social Med, DK-1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark
[2] Natl Res Ctr Working Environm, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
关键词
flexibility; nurses; self-scheduling; shift work; workplace interventions; SHIFT WORK; HEALTH; SLEEP; INTERVENTION;
D O I
10.1080/00140139.2011.646321
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
This quasi-experimental study investigated how an intervention aiming at increasing eldercare workers' influence on their working hours affected the flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability of the working hours. We used baseline (n = 296) and follow-up (n = 274) questionnaire data and interviews with intervention-group participants (n = 32). The work units in the intervention group designed their own intervention comprising either implementation of computerised self-scheduling (subgroup A), collection of information about the employees' work-time preferences by questionnaires (subgroup B), or discussion of working hours (subgroup C). Only computerised self-scheduling changed the working hours and the way they were planned. These changes implied more flexible but less regular working hours and an experience of less predictability and less continuity in the care of clients and in the cooperation with colleagues. In subgroup B and C, the participants ended up discussing the potential consequences of more work-time influence without actually implementing any changes. Practitioner Summary: Employee work-time influence may buffer the adverse effects of shift work. However, our intervention study suggested that while increasing the individual flexibility, increasing work-time influence may also result in decreased regularity of the working hours and less continuity in the care of clients and co-operation with colleagues.
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页码:440 / 449
页数:10
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