The effects of non-standard employment on work—family conflict

Hosking, Amanda; Western, Mark

doi:10.1177/1440783307085803

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“…Organizational change is often manifested by cost reduction initiatives resulting in greater workloads, increased and often unpaid responsibilities and longer hours (Warhurst and Thompson, 1988). Longer work hours create tension with demands in other family domains (Bonney, 2005;Cousins and Tang, 2004;Hosking and Western, 2008;Pocock et al, 2007), especially for women (Gardner and Hini, 2006;Milkie and Peltola, 1999). Conversely, while a reduction in work hours provides more time for other life domains, it may also lead to intensification of workload and less energy for other life domains (Fagnani and Letablier, 2004).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Contemporary Workplace Organization and Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Work and social well-being: the impact of employment conditions on quality of life

Boreham

Povey

Tomaszewski

2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Acknowledgments:This study was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP0775040), "The development and application of a conceptual and statistical framework for the measurement of nonmarket factors affecting social inequality and social wellbeing". The study was also supported by the Queensland Public Sector Union. Neither the Australian Research Council nor the Queensland Public Sector Union were involved in decision-making about the research and publication process. AbstractThis paper aims to extend our understanding of the impact of management practices and employment conditions in the contemporary workplace on the broader social realm. The study provides an analytic account of how these employment conditions impact on the social wellbeing of a representative sample of individuals and households. We assess the propensity of working arrangements that are manifested in various high performance work systems either to enhance or to diminish quality of life.The paper indicates that certain management practices and employment conditions have impacts that extend beyond the workplace and influence the broader wellbeing of individuals and families. KeywordsSocial wellbeing, employment conditions, high performance management practices, job security; quality of life 2

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Section: Characteristics Of Contemporary Workplace Organization and Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Work and social well-being: the impact of employment conditions on quality of life

Boreham

Povey

Tomaszewski

2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Australian researchers concluded that non-standard schedules have different effects on mothers" and fathers" abilities to combine employment with caring because they are employed in distinctive industries in the labor market (Hosking and Western 2008). Indeed, occupational sex segregation has to be considered when examining whether non-standard employment benefits mothers and fathers differently.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Work and Family Roles: Implications Fomentioning

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Non-standard work schedules, gender, and parental stress

Lozano¹,

Hamplová²,

Bourdais³

2016

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDWorking non-standard hours changes the temporal structure of family life, constraining the time that family members spend with one another and threatening individuals" wellbeing. However, the empirical research on the link between stress and non-standard schedules has provided mixed results. Some studies have indicated that working nonstandard hours is harmful whereas others have suggested that working atypical hours might facilitate the balance between family and work. Moreover, there is some evidence that the association between stress and non-standard employment has different implications for men and women. OBJECTIVEThis paper examines the association between non-standard work schedules and stress among dual-earner couples with children. Two research questions are addressed. First, do predictability of the schedule and time flexibility moderate the link between nonstandard work hours and stress? Second, do non-standard schedules affect men"s and women"s perceptions of stress differently? METHODSWe use a sample of 1,932 working parents from the Canadian 2010 General Social Survey, which includes a time-use diary. A sequential logit regression analysis stratified by gender is employed to model two types of result. First, we estimate the odds of being stressed versus not being stressed. Second, for all respondents feeling stressed, we estimate the odds of experiencing high levels versus moderate levels of stress. RESULTSOur analysis shows that the link between non-standard working hours and perceived stress differs between mothers and fathers. First, fathers with non-standard schedules appear more likely to experience stress than those working standard hours, although the results are not significant. Among mothers, having a non-standard schedule is associated with a significantly lower risk of experiencing stress. Second, the analysis focusing on the mediating role of flexibility and predictability indicates that predictability is more important than flexibility. Workers with non-standard predictable schedules exhibit a lower risk of being stressed than those with non-standard unpredictable hours. Work flexibility does not seem to bring any additional advantage to women. However, it is linked to higher odds of being stressed for fathers, particularly among those having non-standard schedules.

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“…Non-standard or atypical work hours, requiring evening, night or weekend work, have been found to be particularly damaging to work-life balance, health and well-being (Ulker, 2006). Canadian research has linked weekend work with burnout, job stress and psychosomatic health problems (Jamal, 2004) and Australian researchers report weekend work and irregular shifts to be associated with higher work-family conflict among Australian men (Hosking and Western, 2008). Irregularity of work hours has been identified as the most important variable affecting low marital quality among shift workers (White and Keith, 1990), and nonstandard work schedules have been found to affect separation or divorce rates among married people with children (Presser, 2000).…”

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confidence: 98%

Alternative work schedule interventions in the Australian construction industry: a comparative case study analysis

Lingard

Townsend

Bradley

et al. 2008

Construction Management and Economics

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Project-based construction workers in the Australian construction industry work long and irregular hours and experience higher levels of work-to-family conflict and burnout than office-based workers, giving rise to an interest in alternative work schedules as a means of supporting work-life balance. Alternative work schedules were implemented in four case study construction projects in Australia. Interventions differed between projects, with two implementing a compressed work week, and the others introducing reduced hours schedules (one of which was optional). Data were collected from each case study project, using various combinations of focus groups, surveys, interviews and daily diary collection methods. The results were mixed. The compressed work week appears to have been favourably received where it was introduced. However, waged workers still expressed concerns about the impact on their weekly 'take-home' pay. Attempts to reduce work hours by changing from a six- to a five-day schedule (without extending the length of the working day between Monday and Friday) were less favourably received. Waged workers, in particular, did not favour reduced hours schedules. The results confirm the existence of two distinct labour markets operating in the Australian construction industry and markedly different responses to alternative work schedules, based upon whether workers are waged or salaried. The results clearly show that attempts to improve work-life balance must take the structural characteristics of the industry's labour markets into consideration in the design of interventions. The impact of alternative work schedules is likely to be moderated by institutional working time regimes within the construction industry.Work hours, alternative work schedules, work-life balance, labour market characteristics,

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The effects of non-standard employment on work—family conflict

Cited by 70 publications

References 19 publications

Work and social well-being: the impact of employment conditions on quality of life

Work and social well-being: the impact of employment conditions on quality of life

Non-standard work schedules, gender, and parental stress

Alternative work schedule interventions in the Australian construction industry: a comparative case study analysis

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