Medica Jadertina, Vol. 44 No. 1-2, 2014.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The effects of shiftwork on social and domestic life of workers
Ivana Dujić
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za psihologiju
Ljiljana Gregov
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za psihologiju
Ana Slišković
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za psihologiju
Sažetak
Previous research of effects of shiftwork on social and domestic life were mostly carried out on workers who worked at different jobs and in different conditions, which makes the comparison of their results rather difficult. Besides, they mostly compared social and domestic lives of shiftworkers with that of nonshiftworkers, while the examination of effects of different types of shifts was mainly neglected. The goal of this research was to examine the influences of different types of shiftwork on certain aspects of social and domestic life of workers in similar occupations. Four groups of workers took part in the research: workers in permanent morning shift (N = 41), workers in two shifts (morning-afternoon; N = 35), workers in three
shifts (morning-afternoon-night; N = 38) and workers in permanent night shift (N = 23). All four groups were employees in similar manufacturing plants in Zadar, Šibenik and Rijeka, and there are no differences between the groups considering neither age nor educational level, but they do differ in gender (in the group of permanent night workers there are significantly less women). The subjects filled out a questionnaire adapted for this research, that consisted out of questions relating to interference of work time with social and domestic life and conduction of formal affairs, and questions about work time and job satisfaction. For data processing analyses of covariance with gender as a covariate were used. Among different types of shiftwork the one that has shown the most negative influence on social and domestic life is permanent night work, immediately followed by working in three rotating shifts. Permanent night workers and workers in three rotating shifts also have lower job satisfaction and satisfaction with their working hours, and consequently a greater desire to change their working time pattern.
Ključne riječi
shift work; social and domestic life; job satisfaction; night work; rotating shifts
Hrčak ID:
122383
URI
Datum izdavanja:
2.6.2014.
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