Health effects of shift work and extended hours of work

Harrington, J M

doi:10.1136/oem.58.1.68

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“…Shiftwork is typically assigned to workers rather than managers, professionals, and executives. Shiftwork is negatively associated with a number of negative health, safety, and well-being outcomes (Dinges, 1995;Harrington, 2001;Knutsson, 2003;C. S. Smith, Folkard, Tucker, & Evans, 2010).…”

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Where Have All the “Workers” Gone? A Critical Analysis of the Unrepresentativeness of Our Samples Relative to the Labor Market in the Industrial–Organizational Psychology Literature

Bergman

Jean

2015

Ind. Organ. Psychol.

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In this article, we demonstrate that samples in the industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology literature do not reflect the labor market, overrepresenting core, salaried, managerial, professional, and executive employees while underrepresenting wage earners, low-and medium-skill first-line personnel, and contract workers. We describe how overrepresenting managers, professionals, and executives causes research about these other workers to be suspect. We describe several ways that this underrepresentation reduces the utility of the I-O literature and provide specific examples. We discuss why the I-O literature underrepresents these workers, how it contributes to the academic-practitioner gap, and what researchers can do to remedy the issue. IntroductionIt is our contention that the published industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology literature overrepresents salaried, core, managerial, professional, and executive employees and underrepresents wage earners, laborers, firstline personnel, freelancers, contract workers, and other workers outside managerial, professional, and executive positions, relative to the labor market in the United States and around the world. We further contend that this tendency is causing the organizational sciences to miss out on some important caveats to I-O theories, to misunderstand important phenomena, and to overlook phenomena that are defining experiences for many members of the labor market. In this article, we will demonstrate that workers are underrepresented in our published literature. Then, we will explain why we think this w h e r e hav e a l l t h e "wor k e r s " g on e ?85 is problematic for maximizing the utility of I-O theories and the I-O field by providing examples of critical domains in which worker experiences differ from manager, professional, and executive experiences. In the final sections of the article, we explicate some reasons why workers have been undersampled in the I-O psychology literature and make recommendations for some ways this can be remedied.At the outset, it is important to note that this critique focuses squarely on the published literature in I-O psychology. Undoubtedly, there are many organizations that employ wage earners, low-and medium-skill workers, freelancers, contract workers, and other workers with nontraditional work arrangements and include them in their internal research. Our analysis focuses on problems in the recent/current state of the literature in I-O psychology, why this might be occurring, why this matters for the advancement of the science as a whole, how this might contribute to the academic-practice gap, and what we can do about it. Are Workers Really Underrepresented in the Published I-O Psychology Literature?Our first claim is this: Published research in I-O psychology has included samples of salaried, core, highly educated, highly skilled, managerial, professional, and executive employees at a disproportionally high rate and at the expense of other employees, including but not limited to wage earners, lowand mediu...

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Section: Human Capital Patterns Associated With Worker Statusmentioning

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Where Have All the “Workers” Gone? A Critical Analysis of the Unrepresentativeness of Our Samples Relative to the Labor Market in the Industrial–Organizational Psychology Literature

Bergman

Jean

2015

Ind. Organ. Psychol.

117

126

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“…For the purpose of this study, extended working hours were referring to working more than 48 hours per week [23]. Moreover, a skilled worker was defined as any worker who has some special skill, knowledge, or ability in the work.…”

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Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries and Safety Climate: A Cross-Sectional Study of Construction Building Workers in Mit-Ghamr City, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Abbas¹,

Zalat²,

Ghareeb³

2013

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Background: Construction is a dangerous industry, with high rates of fatal and non-fatal injuries. Although, safety climate has been linked with safety performance and work-related accidents, yet it is scarcely studied and considered in injury prevention programs in developing countries. So, the objectives of this study are to find out the magnitude, pattern and risk factors of non-fatal occupational injuries among a sample of construction building workers and to explore the level of safety climate and its relationship with occupational injuries. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 91 workers, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, in 18 large construction sites in Mit-Ghamr city, Dakahlia Governorate. Data about socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, description of occupational injuries, and work-related and behavioral risk factors were collected using a structured questionnaire. Results: Occupational injuries in the past 12 months were reported by 46.2% of workers. The most common body parts injured were upper and lower limbs (31.0% and 26.2%). The majority of injuries were cuts/lacerations (30.9%) and contusions (28.6%). Falls (47.6%) and injuries by manual tools (23.8%) were the main causes of injuries. The majority of injured workers (90.5%) reported complete recovery after the most serious injury. The average of working days was lost per year due to occupational injuries (18.6 ± 7.8 days/year). None of the injured workers reported receiving sufficient first-aid treatment at worksite or filling an accident notification form. Extended working hours, poor safety climate, short duration of work, job dissatisfaction, young age, and job stress were significant risk factors of occupational injuries. Conclusion: Non-fatal occupational injuries are common among this sample of construction workers with significant relation to extended working hours and poor safety climate and other risk factors. So, it is important to build upon this research in order to help develop successful policies to prevent work-related injuries and promote safer work practices for construction building workers.

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“…Some common effects include sleep complaints, fatigue (6,7), diseases and somatic health problems, e.g. cardiovascular diseases (8). Some studies suggest associations between shift work and depressive symptoms (9,10).…”

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The ageing shift worker: a prospective cohort study on need for recovery, disability, and retirement intentions

Gommans¹,

Jansen²,

Stynen³

et al. 2015

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Health effects of shift work and extended hours of work

Cited by 455 publications

References 8 publications

Where Have All the “Workers” Gone? A Critical Analysis of the Unrepresentativeness of Our Samples Relative to the Labor Market in the Industrial–Organizational Psychology Literature

Where Have All the “Workers” Gone? A Critical Analysis of the Unrepresentativeness of Our Samples Relative to the Labor Market in the Industrial–Organizational Psychology Literature

Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries and Safety Climate: A Cross-Sectional Study of Construction Building Workers in Mit-Ghamr City, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

The ageing shift worker: a prospective cohort study on need for recovery, disability, and retirement intentions

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