Health and work-life balance across types of work schedules: A latent class analysis
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T1 - Health and work-life balance across types of work schedules
T2 - A latent class analysis
AU - Brauner, Corinna
AU - Wöhrmann, Anne M.
AU - Frank, Kilian
AU - Michel, Alexandra
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - This study explores how different aspects of working time demands (e.g., shift work) and working time control (e.g., beginning/end of workday) can be clustered into distinct types of work schedules and how they relate to health and work-life balance. Data from 13,540 full-time employees interviewed in the 2015 BAuA-Working Time Survey was used. By means of latent class analysis, we extracted six types of work schedules. Subjective health was highest in the flexible extended and flexible standard schedules, both featuring high working time control. Work-life balance was highest in the flexible standard and rigid standard schedules and lowest in schedules with high working time demands, namely the extended shift, rigid all-week, and rigid extended schedules. Employees with high working time demands and low control represent risk groups prone to impairments of well-being. Overall, this study offers an intuitive taxonomy for the design of sustainable work schedules.
AB - This study explores how different aspects of working time demands (e.g., shift work) and working time control (e.g., beginning/end of workday) can be clustered into distinct types of work schedules and how they relate to health and work-life balance. Data from 13,540 full-time employees interviewed in the 2015 BAuA-Working Time Survey was used. By means of latent class analysis, we extracted six types of work schedules. Subjective health was highest in the flexible extended and flexible standard schedules, both featuring high working time control. Work-life balance was highest in the flexible standard and rigid standard schedules and lowest in schedules with high working time demands, namely the extended shift, rigid all-week, and rigid extended schedules. Employees with high working time demands and low control represent risk groups prone to impairments of well-being. Overall, this study offers an intuitive taxonomy for the design of sustainable work schedules.
KW - Flexibility
KW - Well-being
KW - Working hours
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069636773&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102906
DO - 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102906
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 31422269
AN - SCOPUS:85069636773
VL - 81
JO - Applied Ergonomics
JF - Applied Ergonomics
SN - 0003-6870
M1 - 102906
ER -