Work Time Control and Mental Health of Workers Working Long Hours: The Role of Gender and Age

• Autorzy: Żołnierczyk-Zreda D. , Bedyńska S. , Warszewska-Makuch M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between work time control and mental health in workers working long hours. The study also attempted to show how that relationship depended on age and gender. Three hundred and six white-collar workers doing clerical work for over 8 h daily were diagnosed on work time control and mental health with the 28-item General Health Questionnaire. The results of an analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that participants working long hours but having high control over their work time had a significantly higher level of their mental health with regard to somatic complaints and anxiety and marginally higher with regard to social dysfunction than workers with low control over their work time. Male and female workers reported different problems with their mental health depending on what age (stage of life) they were at. It is hypothesized that the work–family conflict, inability to fulfil social commitments and poor working conditions can influence those effects.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

long working hours; work time control; somatic complaints; anxiety; social dysfunction; depression

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: Vol. 18, No. 3
• Strony: 311--320
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 39 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Żołnierczyk-Zreda D.

• Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Poland

autor

Bedyńska S.

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Warszewska-Makuch M.

• Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Poland

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