scholarly journals An International Comparison of Factors Related to Long Work Hours

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuko Kanai ◽  
Gregory A. Laurence ◽  
Kiriko Sakata ◽  
Tetsushi Fujimoto ◽  
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Comparison ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Long Work Hours

scholarly journals What makes It Difficult to keep an Intimate Relationship: Evidence From Greece and China

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 147470492098780
Author(s):  
Menelaos Apostolou ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Personal Time ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Relationship Strain

Keeping an intimate relationship is challenging, and there are many factors causing strain. In the current research, we employed a sample of 1,403 participants from China and Greece who were in an intimate relationship, and we classified 78 difficulties in keeping an intimate relationship in 13 factors. Among the most common ones were clinginess, long work hours, and lack of personal time and space. Clinginess was reported as a more common source of relationship strain by women, while bad sex was reported as a more common source of relationship strain by men. Fading away enthusiasm, bad sex, infidelity and children were reported as more important by older participants, while lack of personal time and space, and character issues were reported as more important by younger participants. The factor structure was similar in the Greek and in the Chinese cultural contexts, but there were also differences. In addition, there were significant interactions between the sample and the sex. For instance, for the non-monogamous factor, men gave higher scores than women in both samples, but the difference was much more pronounced in the Greek sample.

scholarly journals Contemporary fatherhood: Social, demographic and attitudinal factors associated with involved fathering and long work hours

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laetitia Coles ◽  
Belinda Hewitt ◽  
Bill Martin
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
Male Breadwinner ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
Social Demographic

Time pressures around work and care within families have increased over recent decades, exacerbated by an enduring male breadwinner culture in Australia and manifested in increasingly long work hours for fathers. We identified fathers who spent relatively long hours actively caring for children despite long work hours and we compared them with other fathers who did less work, less childcare, or less of both. Using 13 waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, we explored characteristics associated with the time fathers spent in work and care. The age and ethnicity of fathers differentiated those who spent long hours in both work and childcare from all other groups of fathers, yet other factors were also important for the time fathers spent at work or with children. By examining fathers at the margins of the distributions of work and childcare hours, we add valuable insights into associations between work and care for families.

scholarly journals Perception of Fatigue Among Surgeons During Night Shifts

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Amirian ◽  
AK Danielsen ◽  
J Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Time Pressure ◽  
Night Shift ◽  
Sleep Time ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Impaired Performance ◽  
Impaired Cognition ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
Call Night ◽  
Night Shifts ◽  
Increase In Risk

It is well known that sleep deprivation induces fatigue and that fatigue induces impaired cognition. Studies have demonstrated that long work hours, restricted sleep, time pressure and high demands may cause impaired performance in physicians. Some studies have shown through laparoscopic simulation that surgeons, when deprived of sleep, take longer to perform the procedure, make more unnecessary movements with their instruments and significantly more mistakes. Surgeons with an opportunity for sleep of less than 6 hours on the previous on-call night shift had an 83% increase in risk of postoperative complications when working the following day.

scholarly journals Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Drago ◽  
Mark Wooden ◽  
David Black
Keyword(s):  
Work Hours ◽  
Long Work Hours

Shift work and overtime across a career in law enforcement: a 15-year study

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-212
Author(s):  
Samantha M. Riedy ◽  
Desta Fekedulegn ◽  
Bryan Vila ◽  
Michael Andrew ◽  
John M. Violanti
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Night Shift ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Work Hours

PurposeTo characterize changes in work hours across a career in law enforcement.Design/methodology/approachN = 113 police officers enrolled in the BCOPS cohort were studied. The police officers started their careers in law enforcement between 1994 and 2001 at a mid-sized, unionized police department in northwestern New York and continued to work at this police department for at least 15 years. Day-by-day work history records were obtained from the payroll department. Work hours, leave hours and other pay types were summarized for each calendar year across their first 15 years of employment. Linear mixed-effects models with a random intercept over subject were used to determine if there were significant changes in pay types over time.FindingsA total of 1,617 individual-years of data were analyzed. As the police officers gained seniority at the department, they worked fewer hours and fewer night shifts. Total paid hours did not significantly change due to seniority-based increases in vacation time. Night shift work was increasingly in the form of overtime as officers gained seniority. Overtime was more prevalent at the beginning of a career and after a promotion from police officer to detective.Originality/valueShiftwork and long work hours have negative effects on sleep and increase the likelihood of on-duty fatigue and performance impairment. The results suggest that there are different points within a career in law enforcement where issues surrounding shiftwork and long work hours may be more prevalent. This has important implications for predicting fatigue, developing effective countermeasures and measuring fatigue-related costs.

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