Work Schedule Patching in Health Care: Exploring Implementation Approaches

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• Journal Article:
  Work and Occupations
• Personal Author:
  Kossek, Ellen E. ; Leana, Carrie ; Rosokha, Lindsay M.
• Description:
  The authors propose a typology of "work schedule patching," the ongoing adjustments made to plug scheduling holes after employers post schedules. Patching occurs due to changes in employer work demands, or employee nonwork demands necessitating scheduling adjustments, which are reactive or proactive. Using qualitative data from eight health-care facilities, the authors identified three narratives justifying schedule patching implementation approaches (share-the-pain, work-life-needs, and reverse-status-rotation) with variation in formalization and improvisation. Exploratory analysis showed a suggestive link between improvised work-life scheduling and lower pressure ulcers. This article advances theory on balancing the "service triangle" of scheduling in-service economies including health care. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Shift Work
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work Scheduling; Health Care; Work Hours; Flexibility; Staffing Coverage; Nursing; Nursing Homes Work Schedules; Health Care Workers; Nurses; Work-life Balance; Medical Personnel; Employee Health; Families;
• Source:
  Work Occup 2020 May; 47(2):228-261
• ISSN:
  0730-8884
• Pubmed ID:
  34840412
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8623715
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R41 AG050347/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 OH008788/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD059773/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25 pdf pages
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065146
• Contact Point Address:
  Ellen Ernst Kossek, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, Rawls Hall - Office 4005, 100 S. Grant Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2076, USA
• Email:
  ekossek@purdue.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95513f0b2325de18f3ef5e97ff17034d1324f4482f45d7ab2ae2ae2056baeb45a32e290e9f9042b3588990dc0b22b612d0fb6fe4ca805f86e5cc14f19ea39175
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112131/cdc_112131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 547.84 KB ]