Work-life balance among shift workers: Results from an intervention study about self-rostering

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-274

  Albertsen, Karen ^a,c   Garde, Anne Helene ^b   Nabe Nielsen, Kirsten ^c   Hansen, Åse Marie ^b,c   Lund, Henrik ^d   Hvid, Helge ^d  

^a Team Working Life   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intervention study; Scandinavia; Work family conflict; Work family facilitation; Work life balance; Working time flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84899435716     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0857-x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Albertsen K, Kauppinen K, Grimsmo A, Sørensen BA, Rafnsdóttir GL, Tómasson K (2007) Working time arrangements and social consequences: what do we know? Nordic Council of Ministries. Report no. TN2007:607
2. Albertsen K, Rafnsdóttir GL, Grimsmo A, Tómasson K, Kauppinen K (2008) Workhours and worklife balance. Scand J Work Environ Health (Suppl 5):14-21
3. Bambra C, Whitehead M, Sowden A, Akers J, Petticrew M (2008) "A hard day's night?" The effects of compressed working week interventions on the health and work-life balance of shift workers: a systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health 62(9):764-777
4. Costa G, Åkerstedt T, Nachreiner F, Baltieri F, Carvalhais J, Folkard S, Dresen MF, Gadbois C, Gartner J, Sukalo HG, Härmam M, Kandolin I, Sartori S, Silvério J (2004) Flexible working hours, health, and well-being in europe: some considerations from a SALTSA project. Chronobiol Int 21(6):831-844 (Pubitemid 40019085)
5. Dunham RB, Pierce JL, Castaneda MB (1987) Alternative work schedules: two field quasi-experiments. Pers Psychol 40:215-241
6. Eby LT, Casper WJ, Lockwood A, Bordeaux C, Brinley A (2005) Work and family research in IO/OB content analyses and review of the literature (1980-2002). J Vocat Behav 66:124-197 (Pubitemid 39518875)
7. Egan M, Bambra C, Petticrew M, Whitehead M (2008) Reviewing evidence on complex social interventions: appraising implementation in systematic reviews of the health effects of organizational-level workplace interventions. J Epidemiol Community Health, Published on-line. doi: 10.1136/jech.2007.071233
8. Garde AH, Albertsen K, Nabe-Nielsen K, Carneiro IG, Skotte J, Hansen SM, Lund H, Hvid H, Hansen ÅM (2012) Influence on, satisfaction with and effects on working hours after introduction of self-rostering (The PRIO-project). Scand J Work Environ Health, on-line first. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3306
9. Gauderer PC, Knauth P (2004) Pilot study with individualized duty rotas in public local transport. Pract Exp 1:87-100 (Pubitemid 38397735)
10. Geurts SAE, Beckers DGJ, Taris TW, Kompier MAJ, Smulders PGW (2009) Worktime demands and work-family interference: does worktime control buffer the adverse effects of high demands? J Bus Ethics 84:229-241
11. Greenhaus JH, Beutell NJ (1985) Sources of conflict between work and family roles. Acad Manag Rev 10:76-88
12. Hansen ÅM, Garde AH, Albertsen K, Høgh A, Lund H, Hvid H (2012) Self-rostering and psychosocial working environment: an intervention study. Submitted Manuscript
13. Härmä M (2006) Workhours in relation to work stress, recovery and health. Scand J Work Environ Health 32(6):502-514 (Pubitemid 46075778)
14. Harrington JM (1994) Shift work and health: a critical review of the literature on working hours. Ann Acad Med Singap 23(5):699-705
15. Hvid H, Garde AH, Lund H, Ajslev J, Møller J, Albertsen K, Hansen ÅM (2011) Frit valg som aflastning og belastning: Selvvalgt arbejdstid i døgnbemandet arbejde. [Self-rostering in shift-work] Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv 13(3):80-97
16. Kandolin I, Huida O (1996) Individual flexibility: an essential prerequisite in arranging shift schedules for midwives. J Nurs Manag 4:213-217 (Pubitemid 126415871)
17. Kelly EL, Moen P, Tranby E (2011) Changing workplaces to reduce work-family conflict: schedule control in a white-collar organization. Am Sociol Rev 76(2):265-290
18. Knutsson A, Bøggild H (2010) Gastrointestinal disorders among shift workers. Scand J Work Environ Health 36(2):85-95
19. Moen P, Kelly EL, Huang Q (2008) Work, family and life-course fit. J Vocat Behav 73(3):404-425
20. Moen P, Kelly EL, Hill R (2011a) Does enhancing work-time control and flexibility reduce turnover? A naturally occurring experiment. Soc Probl 58(1):69-98
21. Moen P, Kelly EL, Tranby E, Huang Q (2011b) Changing work, changing health: can real work-time flexibility promote health behaviors and well-being? J Health Soc Behav 52(4):404-429
22. Nabe-Nielsen K, Persson R, Albertsen K, Garde AH, Diderichsen F (2011) The moderating effect of work-time influence on the effect of shift work: a prospective cohorte study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. doi: 10.1007/s00420-010-0592-5
23. Pejtersen JH, Kristensen TS, Borg V, Bjørner JB (2010) The second version of the Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire (COPSOQ II). Scand J Pub Health 38(Suppl 3):8-24
24. Pryce J, Albertsen K, Nielsen K (2006) Evaluation of an open-rota system in a Danish psychiatric hospital: a mechanism for improving job satisfaction and work-life balance. J Nurs Manag 14(4):282-288 (Pubitemid 43542767)
25. Puttonen S, Härmä M, Hublin C (2010) Shift work and cardiovascular disease: pathways from circadian stress to morbidity. Scand J Work Environ Health 36(2):96-108
26. Rothman KJ, Greenland S (1998) Modern epidemiology, 2nd edn. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia
27. Simon SD (2006) Apples or oranges? Selection of the Control Group Statistical evidence in medical trials: what do data really tell us? Oxford University Press, New York, pp 1-36
28. Smith PA, Wright BM, Mackey RW, Milsop HW, Yates SC (1998) Change from slowly rotating 8-hour shifts to rapidly rotating 8-hour and 12-hour shifts using participative shift roster design. Scand J Work Environ Health 24(Suppl 3):55-61 (Pubitemid 29022894)
29. Teddlie C, Tashakkori A (2009) Foundations of mixed methods research. Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioral sciences. Sage Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks
30. Wortley V, Grierson-Hill HL (2003) Developing a successful self-rostering shift system. Nurs Stand 17(42):40-42