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01-04-2014 | Original Article

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

Authors: Karen Albertsen, Anne Helene Garde, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Åse Marie Hansen, Henrik Lund, Helge Hvid

Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Issue 3/2014

Abstract

Purpose

The aims of the study were to explore the effects of the implementation of IT-based tools for planning of rosters among shift workers on work-family-related outcomes and to interpret the results in light of the different implementation processes.

Methods

A quasi-experimental intervention study was conducted with 12-month follow-up at 14 intervention and 14 reference worksites in Denmark. Workplaces planning to introduce IT-supported self-rostering were recruited, and three different kinds of interventions were implemented. Intervention A and B aimed at increasing workers satisfaction and well-being, while intervention C was designed to optimize the personnel resources. Questionnaire data were collected from 840 employees at baseline and 784 at follow-up. Process evaluation encompassed interviews with about 25 employees and 15 managers at baseline and follow-up. Work-family-related outcomes were work-life conflicts, work-life facilitation, marital conflicts and time with children.

Results

An overall decline in work-family conflicts and increase in work-family facilitation were found in the total intervention group. More specifically, in group B, work-family conflicts and marital conflicts decreased while work-family facilitation increased. In group C, work-family conflicts increased while work-family facilitation and time spend with children decreased, and no significant changes were observed in the reference group and in group A.

Conclusion

An overall positive effect of the implementation of self-rostering was found on the balance between work and private life. However, results from the process evaluation suggested that the organizational aim with the intervention was crucial for the effect.

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Title: Work-life balance among shift workers: results from an intervention study about self-rostering
Authors: Karen Albertsen
Anne Helene Garde
Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen
Åse Marie Hansen
Henrik Lund
Helge Hvid
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-013-0857-x

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