Making Shiftwork Tolerable
eBook - ePub

Making Shiftwork Tolerable

  1. 94 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Making Shiftwork Tolerable

About this book

This text guides the reader through the many forms of shiftwork, adopting a broad definition as being any regularly-taken employment outside the "day working window" 06.00 to 18.00. This excellent guide introduces the many and caried forms of shiftwork, adopting from the outset a broad definition of the term to embrace any regularly-taken employment outside the 'day-working window'. The authors, both internationally recognised experts in the field, describe in jargon-free language the diverse experiences of shift workers and identify the problems associated with abnormal hours. As shiftwork becomes more prevalent, prompted by economic considerations of employers in both traditional manufacturing and more recently, in the service sector, new shiftwork patterns are being introduced. The authors acknowledge the problems inherent in studying shiftwork, reviewing three classes of study: field, survey and laboratory simulation, and discuss the role of national culture in determining and limiting the applicability of 'generic' results.

Topics covered include human, biological, economic, social and domestic influences; stress, strain and shiftwork; health and safety; shiftwork and task performance.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Dedication
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction
  9. Chapter 2. Sleep and the biological clock
  10. Chapter 3. Social challenges to the shift worker
  11. Chapter 4. Stress and strain
  12. Chapter 5. Health consequences
  13. chapter 6 Performance and safety consequences
  14. Chapter 7. Inter-individual differences
  15. Chapter 8. Coping strategies for the worker
  16. Chapter 9. Strategies for the employer
  17. Chapter 10. Epilogue
  18. Glossary
  19. Suggested further reading
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index